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* # Here and There on the Turf Riding of Apprentices. Sun Beau and Bangle. Temperament in Horses. Legislation in Louisiana. e Every once in so often one of the experienced jockeys has more to do with victory than the horse himself, yet there are many trainers who continue to foolishly ride the inexperienced lads for the purpose of a weight allowance or more inviting odds. It is possible that Hat Brush would have been beaten under any rider, at Aqueduct on Tuesday, but the horse did not have any the best of it when a rider of little experience had the mount. And be was favored by his connections and expected to be the winner. The horse had shown enough to seem to have a good chance, but he was not fairly treated when a rider of so little experience was chosen as his pilot. Marine Compass was a winner from Farmer, at Aqueduct on Wednesday, because Workman, a rider of experience, had the mount, while G. Rose was riding Farmer. With jockeys of equal skill the Madden colt would surely have been the winner. At Latonia on Wednesday Earl Pool rode one of his most brilliant races when he kept Broadside going long enough to make him the winner from Hiram. No jockey of little experience could put up such a finish as did Pool and the advantage of obtaining the best jockey available was clearly demonstrated. There are like cases almost every afternoon of racing when the employment of an inexperienced rider brings defeat to the best horse. It is a fine thing to make riders and they cannot be made unless they have an opportunity to ride in races, but in the meantime the reputation of many a horse is going to suffer and many a hai?jicap figure will be severely jolted. One remedy for the promiscuous riding of the apprentices, merely for the purpose of obtaining weight allowance, would be to have the allowance only apply to the contract employer. That would be an excellent rule for it would induce more of the trainers to make riders, so that they could obtain allowances, and those without beginners in their employ would find no weight advantage in putting up an inferior rider. This would also insure a longer term of the apprentice allowance for such trainers as took the trouble to make the riders. It would also curb a stable of riders rather than a stable of horses, for no trainer would need a greater number of apprentices than he needed for his string. Altogether it would really be a good idea to make this change in the rules. Sun Beau, by his victory in the Carbuncle Handicap, at a mile, at Aqueduct on Wednesday, earned the right to be started in the mile and a half Dwyer Stakes on Saturday. It was the manner in which he won and the weight he tarried which counted so much for him in the race at a mile. He was taking up twelve pounds over the scale when, a three-year-old, he was shouldering 126 pounds. Tantivy, which ffnished second, received eighteen pounds and Byrd, which finished third, to be disqualified later, was in receipt of a like amount. Taras Hall received fourteen pounds; File-maker, twenty-four pounds; Sepoy twenty-nine pounds; Sun Hawk, twenty-four pounds; Kiev, nineteen pounds, and Bridegroom, fifteen pounds. That was giving away plenty of weight, even though the field was not of the top handicap class. And what was doubly impressive in the race was the manner in which Sun Beau came away when called on by Craigmyle. The colt was galloping so fast at the end that it seemed he was ready and willing to race all afternoon. Of course, the question of staying is the big thing in the Dwyer Stakes, but Sun Beau will have a big pull in the weights, under 110 pounds, and if he has any pretentions to being in a high class, he will never have a better chance to show it than in the running of the Dwyer Stakes. And Sun Beau was not the only winner on Wednesday at Aqueduct to impress. The victory of Thomas Hitchcocks English four-year-old Bangle, in the running of the- Winfield Steeplechase Handicap, was indeed an excellent performance. He was taking up 160 pounds and, like the Kilmer colt, he was considerably ever the scale. To be exact, he took up exactly fourteen pounds over the scale. That he was ridden by Mr. Bostwick was no additional handicap, for he was ridden perfectly and a professional could not have guided the gelding to better advantage. And, like Sun Beau, the performance of Bangle was doubly impressive for the big lumps of weight he was giving away to every other starter. This son of Golden Orb and Nought is a faultless jumper. He has an abundance of speed and he has surely shown the ability to carry weight successfully. It would appear that the Hitchcock colors are not yet through with the successes that have come to the popular stable. Just as many good judges in this country have insisted that Victorians defeat in the Belmont Stakes was not his true form, so good judges in England pretty well agree that the defeat of Lord Derbys Fairway in the Epsom Derby was not an index of his real ability as a racer. Warren Hill, in the Sporting Life, has attributed his showing to temperament and an attack of nerves. His conclusion is that the colt beat himself by reason of his high-strung disposition and the excitement before the start of the race. Fairway was so soundly beaten, and the form was so utterly different from what he had shown previously, that even though he may not be a stayer, it was hardly a truly run race. Had he finished anywhere close to the placed horses there would be no reason for this excuse. All of this would apply to Victorian and his miserable showing in the Belmont Stakes. He was not beaten by the mile and a half distance, though it may prove too far for him on Saturday. He was beaten when he had run a mile and there is no doubt of his, at least, being a brilliant miler. Victorian has shown too much for anyone to take his Belmont Stakes defeat seriously and, even if he fails on Saturday, it would prove no argument that the Belmont Stakes was a true index of his worth. He dropped back altogether too soon in that race and he dropped back when it was evident that he was in no manner distressed. It surely had every appearance of being a case of temperament. The progress of the racing legislation in Louisiana continues to demonstrate the stability of the sport in that state. The bills which were sponsored by the Louisiana Jockey Club, which conducts its racing at the Fair Grounds course, have passed the lower house by a vote of seventy-five to thirteen and it is not expected there will be any serious opposition in the senate. Briefly, the legislation provides for a daily tax of ,000, half of which is to go to the parish in which the racing is conducted. Then another bill, aimed at the dog racing, prohibits night racing as well as all dog racing within fifteen miles of cities having a population of 25,000. Dog racing had obtained considerable of a foothold in New Orleans and it is expected that supporters of that entertain- ment will make a fight in the senate to retain it for the state, but there is no denying the menace of this so-called sport, that has been carried on in many sections without any semblance of control. The Louisiana Jockey Club has done much to present racing in its best guise to the citizens of the state and year after year the sport has been carried on at the beautiful Fair Grounds at a considerable cost to the club. But it is a club composed of men who can well afford to take a loss and each winter has brought racing of greater magnificence.
