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TEN LEADING WINNEBS OF THE YEAR. The ten horses h.rlng won the greatest aggregate sums this year to date are made up of five three-year-olds, two two-year-olds and three older horses, in the order of their winnings they rank as follows: Water Pearl, 2, by Watercress Pearl V.. ... .2,500 Accountant. 3, by Filigrane Reckon 42,405 Sir Huou, 3, by Falsetto Ignite :ii,125 Go Between, 5, by Meddler Indigo .11,120 Burgomaster, 3, by Hamburg Hurly Burly. . 27.0SO Hanis Horn, 4, by Bute Aunt Tessa 27,075 Oran. 2, by Ossary Sloe .......... 2tS,835 Tokalon, 5, by Tammany Enid 19,155 Flip Flap, 3, by Handspring Alvaretta 18,800 Lady Navarre, 3, by Pirate of Penzance Catharine of Navarre. ......... i-,., 17,205 The distinct feature here is the unusual proportion of three-year-olds. Generally for the past four or five years the two-year-olds have predominated. Of the ten winners five are western owned horses. The principal contributions to Sir Huous total were made by his winning the most valuable of all western handicaps and one of the most valuable of the big eastern handicaps, in both of -which he gave weight to noted older horses and eloquent testimony to his high class as, perhaps, the best three-year-old of l!KXi. The Iig stakes to he decided in the course of the next two months will bring about great changes in the positions of the leading horses, but, with the exception of Go Between and Burgomaster, those in the winning list are likely to take a part in the division of the spoils.
