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JOCKEYS STANDING IN 1905. DAVE NIC0L DOES MOST CONSISTENT RIDING AND HEADS THE LIST. Willio Knapp, Walter Miller and Herman Radtko Others Credited With Over 150 Winners Each 862 Boys Have Mounts. The number of jockeys having mounts In the 8,011 races decided at the principal tracks of the United States and Canada and covered by the charts In Daily Racing Form during the year 1005, was 862. Of these 112 rode ten or more winners each. 211 rode from one to nine winners each and 420 failed to finish first iu any race. The honors of the year, in the matter of winning mounts, go to Dave Nicol. The Chicago lwy, who began Ids career in" the saddle In the fall of 1903 and stood second to Eugene Hlldebrand iu the list of 1904, is at the top of the 1903 list with 221 winners, 20 per cent, of his 857 mounts. He lias been consistent through the two full years of his career, for In 1904 his- percentage was likewise.2G, he having that year 198 winners out of 757 mounts. While it is the publics vogue to follow almost blindly the boys who are riding frequent winners and it is the fashion of the dally press of the country to feature the winning , performances of these lads irrespective of the losers they ride, it is nevertheless from a basis of percentage that a jockeys true merit is to be determined. There arc other boys iu the list of winning jockeys who have a better percentage than Nicol, but none who rode through all of the twelve monthd j stands so high, and certainly there is no boy in the j list who can show 25 per cent. 6f winners riddcu for u. steady, or nearly steady, twenty-four months of saddle work. . . . dttoomterly,rwTid came to "his untimely death at Memphis on April 2 as the result of a falland kick from a horse which he was exercising during the morning hours at Montgomery Park, stood best for the year on a percentage basis with .31. Next conies the little boy Pcrretf, under contract to Hugh MeCarren, Jr. This lad never had a mount until after the opening of the meeting at City Park November 30 last, yet iu his first 27 days he rolled up a percentage of .30, riding 18 winners out of 5-1 mounts. Eddie Dominick, who abandoned thesaddle at the Brooklyn autumn meeting and went traipsing off to St. Louis on some unexplained mission, had u percentage of .2S and the ability to make It better had he stuck to his knitting. Cormack, the only other boy whose percentage was as good as .20, rode only at the Hot Springs meetings in this country last year. After the death of II. C. Schulz, hla contract employer, at Hot Springs in February last, Cormack signed a contract abroad and rode in France. He did well there. Heriqan Radtke, the Chicago boy wlio Is now under contract to J. O. Keene aud the most admired jockey at Sau Francisco, began riding at Union Iark in St. Louis last spring. He was then under contract to J. F. Davis, who sold the papers to Mr. Keene for something like ,000 when it le-came apparent that he would either Jbreak his neck or make good." He is fourth in the list in matter of winners ridden, but has a percentage of .25, just a point behind Nicol, the leader, and seven points better than "Big Bill Knapp, second iu the list, and five points better than Walter Miller. These two last named were the sensation of the eastern season, the latter having columns of silly stuff written about lilin. After the elose of the. Ascot . Iark meeting last winter it was shown in the columns of Daily Racing Form that Miller was a coming loy, hut the New York press overlooked the fact that he had early evidenced the making of a rider and set him on a high pedestal late In the fall, totally disregarding the figures of six months back. Jack Martin rode 10 per cent, of winners. Sewell, a coming rider, has 19 per cent. C. Morris, who has ridden winners in strings of 3, 4 and 5 per day, has a percentage of .17. B. McDaniel, auother Ascot Park sensation of last season, has 15 per cent. The others in the first fourteen the riders of 100 or more winners are Aubuchou, F. QNelll, Treuliel, E. Morrison, Swain and Hlldebrand, who headed the list in 1904 witli 297 winners, and lost his license last September. The booby prize for the year goes to D. OConnor. This boy is a graduate from "Father Bill" Dalys stable, but after his saddle work of 1905, the old man of the east will hardly go out of his way to admit the fact. OConnor rode at seventeen meetings, had 147 mounts aud piloted one winner ; Veronese at 12 to i on the openiug day of the spring meeting at Belmont Park. However, he did ride 13 seconds aud 15 thirds. Following is the list of jockeys who rode 10 winners or more during the year: Jockeys. Mts. 1st. 2d. 3d. Unp. P.O. Nicol S37 221 143 136 301 .26 W. Knapp 1,021 ISO 158 139. 538 .18 W. Miller , 88S 178 127 122 431 .20- Kadtke 693 177 129 97 290 .23 J. Martin 739 143 119 93 384 .15 Sewell 690 129 110 101 356 .19 C. Morris 718 123 109 106 382 .17 R. McDaniel 757 118 97 110 432 .15 Aubnchon 556 108 73 78 296 .19 F. ONeill 519 105 97 84 233 .20 E. Morrison 477 105 92 62 218 ,22 Treubel 497 105 77 73 242 .21 Swain 687 103 91 108 385 .15 Hlldebrand 523 103 SK 85 245 .20 Komanelli 700 98 93 102 411 .13 McLaughlin 594 96 73 74 331 .15 J. Mclntyre 510 96 71 65 278 .IS J. Jones 753 94 101 96 459 .12 J. McBride 506 , 94 81 69 272 .17 W. Davis .. 430 94 79 01 196 .22 D. Austin r.22 02 S5 09 27G .10 E. Walsh :isa 87 71 58 170 .23 L. Fountain 502 78 04 73 287 .10 Baird 558 77 118 07 300 .13 Crlmmins 543 77 75 0! 422 .14 TV Burns 545 74 04 70 337 .13 D. Roland 5S3 73 !1 70 351 .12 Wishard 57S 73 71 73 301 .13 Feicht 459 72 00 CO 201 .Hi W. Dngan 288 09 42 41 130 .24 L. Williams 4SS kS 09 CO 201 .11 II. Phillips 321 08 51 50 1C2 .21 W. Buchanan 317 OS 40 47 102 .20 Obert 430 00 48 CO 250 .15 L.vne ..; 307 05 47 42 213 .17 Moriarity 505 04 80 85 270 .12 Larsen 2M 04 40 43 110 .21 Wiley 331 01 55 37 178 .18 Kunz 550 50 75 7! 340 .11 Mnuro SCO 58 52 03 187 .10 Shaw 28S 50 37 47 148 .10 Bell 353 54 48 48 203 .15 Koy 403 53 74 5S 30S .11 W. Travers :KUS 53 40 40 185 .10 MeGee 408 52 51 CO 245 .13 -L .Harris 320 50 :H 47 184 .10 Troxler :S50 47 "50 CO 1S7 .13 Ilelgesen 428 40 CO 42 280 .11 Perrine 405 40 50 55 245 .11 Goodchild 402 40 48 40 322 .10 Freeman 471 40 4G 57 322 .10 E. Robinson 433 43 55 47 2S8 .10 Scliade ... 305 41 50 35 230 .11 II. Anderson 300 41 42 34 183 .13 Fuller 200 41 41 20 02 .20 J. Kelly 315 41 35 34 105 .13 .1. Shea 335 40 30 48 20S .12 Koerner -. :!31 30 30 44 200 .12 Sperling 230 :!S 30 30 124 .10 Domliilek 138 38 20 20 54 .28 Gannon 204 37 30 34 04 .IS M. Preston 247 37 30 32 142 .15 1. Hall 108 37 20 28 104 .1 James Hennessey 387 30 58 50 234 .00 Creamer 334 35 42 47 210 .10 Foley 324 35 35 38 210 .11 A. W. Booker 250 34 33 38 151 .13 W. Fischer "327 !!3 47 50 107 .10 E. Rice 305 33 30 48 18S .10 Shaver 302 33 30 40 187 .11 L. Wilson 275 33 28 35 170 .12 Henry 175 32 25 20 02 .IS Annderbout 170 32 24 10 81 .10 Leo Hoffman 275 31 33 35 170 .11 Shaffner 313 30 40 37 200 .10 Wonderly 00 30 15 15 30 .31 SI Bonner 170 20 21 24 105 .10 W. Mclntyrc 350 28 41 35 255 .07 Lee 314 28 33 32 221 .OS Diggins 270 28 32 28 182 .10 J. Henderson 257 28 28 42 150 .11 Shilling 105 28 28 21 118 .14 T. Clark 300 27 37 39. 203 ..OS T. Taylor 281 27 30 44 ISO .10 W.Allen 207 .27 27 .32., 185 .10 J. Wright 204 27 20 27 184 .10 L. Jackson 102 27 18 10 101 .17 It: Lowe 155 27 17 10 02 .17 Tooman 338 20 SO 3G 237 .08 Perkins 234 20 24 30 154 .11 Ollphant 172 25 20 10 111 .14 J. J. Walsh 27S 24 35 30 180 .OS W. Dalv 230 24 30 21 153 .10 J. Russell 237 24 22 20 104 .10 J. Walsh 07 24 10 14 40 .25 L. Smith 3G7 23 40 34 204 .00 Birkenruth 233 23 35 27 148 .011 B. Smith 2:i2 23 18 24 107 .10 Noonan 100 23 18 20 120 .12 Oregar 150 23 17 20 03 .14 W. Bobbins 232 22 20 2! 150 .00 C. II. Schilling 201 22 28 22 120 .11 Herbert 228 22 27 31 138 .10 Harvey Jackson 151 20 20 24 81 .13 H. Cochran 140 20 22 21 80 .13 A. Walsh 220 20 20 25 155 .00 S. Dickson 105 20 20 14 111 .12 M. Lynch 124 20 10 18 70 .10 A. Brown 140 20 13 17 00 .13 Minder 1S5 10 20 23 114 .10 J. Johnson 150 10 24 20 1ST .12 J. Hicks 203 10 10 27 108 .07 Greenfield 107 IS 20 32 121 .00 Cleo Jenkins 271 18 23 30 104 .07 T. Meade 170 IS 20 22 111 .10 Seder 202 IS 10 24 141 .00 Graham 227 18 17 20 100 .08 Klenek 107 18 17 22 140 .00 Ralph Murphy ...... 105 18 14 10 147 .08 Cormack C8 18 14 4 32 .20 F. Perrett 54 18 7 4 25 .30 Redfern .. 104 17 22 13 52 .10 Bullman ... 144 17 17 15 05 .11 Otis . 100 17 13 14 112 .10 Alarie 127 17 12 15. 83 .13 Mountain 88 .17 8 10 47 .10 B. Miller 10S 10 22 20 140 .08 Notter 183 10 14 30 123 .00 J. Daly 07 10 14 8 20 .24 Grifiith 140 10 S 10 115 .11 Loaglie 200 15 22 20 130 .07 J. Booker 151 15 10 IS 102 .00 D. Lawrence 102 15 11 13 03 .15 v. McDermott 253 14 27 20 183 .05 Landry 113 14 21 12 00 .12 Cherry 123 14 -17 15 77 .1! Blacklock 00 14 14 17 54 .14 Newman 102 14 14 13 121 .08 Kent 127 14 12 20 81 .11 G. Schilling 70 14 S 11 40 .IS Robert Fisher 110 14 8 0 82 .13 Cheatham 222 13 20 18 171 .00 1 Odom .......... 88 13 17 7 51 .14 J. Battlste 100 13 15 10 OS .12 J. Kealy 202 13 14 13 103 .07 Wenrjck 05 13 o u ::. .20 Young 135 12 10 14 03 .08 Crosswalle .. 181 J2 14 10 112 .07 R. Taylor 137 12 12 15 08 .0! F. Kelly 74 12 0 10 43 .10 A. OCoimell 140 11 23 10 90 .07 McMullen y. 109 11 10 12 70 .10 Heidel 134 11 13 19 91 .08 Prior 88 11 11 8 58 .12 W. Walker 108 11 8 10 73 .10 C. Miller 85 11 7 8 50 .12 Livingston 208 10 22 IS 15S .04 Brinegar 123 10 20 15 78 .OS John Hennessey 12:! 10 17 20 70 .08 R. Macey 200 10 10 23 157 .04 Hogg 100 10 15 17 124 .00 Miles Ill 10 13 18 70 .00 F. Sullivan 124 10 0 14 01 .OS II. Barron 100 10 8 It 77 .00 L. Niblack . 50 10 7 0 27 .20 B. Lannom .... . 02 10 5 0 31 .20
