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WOULD RIDE IN AUSTRALIA The following is by Pilot in Sydney Referee and needs no comment : "As a rule when American jockeys of any prominence leave their own country, they go to England or the Continent, The appended cable shows that at least one is willing to try Australia. Continental Hotel, San Francisco". ■ Coming to ride. Was Americas leading jockey ia 1923 and 1924. Rode for H. P. Whitney. Weight, 118 pounds 8.6. If you think job available with large stable, kindly cable. IVAN PARKE. "Without wishing to throw cold water on Parkes enterprise, I am afraid he will not benefit himself by coming to Australia. His weight is against him, to commence with, and our principal cities are well supplied with jockeys. Although we have so many horses racing in Australia, comparatively few trainers have more than twenty in work at one time, so there are few really large stable. Furthermore, there are not many Australian jockeys who receive retaining fees. "Twenty-six or twenty-seven years ago an American rider named E. Ames, tried his luck in Australia, and, though Lis peculiar seat, consequent on very short lathers, caused a deal of amusement, he won races. "A fcv years ago, another American jockey, Miller, visited Sydney, but he had reached a weight that gave him few opportunities. At one period he was a leading jockey la his own country."
