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RIDING RECORDS OF THE JOCKEYS. W. Miller, as in 1906. was first among the riders on the flat in number of winning mounts, bnt fell short of his great record of riding 388 winners in 1906. In respect to percentage of winning mounts he was at least consistent, scoring twenty-eight in each of the two years. That he is a very successful rider is a matter of record, and that record carries with it the certainty that he excels in some of the qualities that go to make a high-class jockey, but ihere are not a few who question his judgment of pace and deem him lacking in other particulars adhtTEt to the truly great artist in the saddle. Be that as it may. Miller shares with T. Burns the tame of having for two successive years led the .1o -keys of the country, and. if increasing weight dooc not curtail his opportunities, may do so again in IMS. The table of leaders since and including 1!Mi.", nails as follows: Year. Jockeys. Mts. 1st. 2d. 3d. ITnp. P.C. MM 1 erkins 762 192 177 129 264 .25 is: w C. Reiff 822 292 102 86 342 .33 1S07 U. Martin 803 173 152 110 362 .21 1S9S T. Burns 973 277 213 149 352 .28 1888 T. Burns 1.064 273 173 266 334 .26 HMO Mitchell 854 195 140 139 .!S0 .23 1M1 W. OConnor. .1.047 283 221 102 381 .21 1902 Ranch 1.069 276 205 181 407 .26 100.: Fuller 918 229 152 122 415 .25 1!mi4 Ilildehrand .1.169 297 230 171 471 .25 IMS Nicol 861 221 143 136 361 .26 VMM W. Miller 1.3R4 3M 300 199 497 .28 1007 W. Miller 1.194 334 226 170 464 .28 In all 631 riders took part in the flat racing of 1!H 7. of whom 117 rode len or more winners. 167 rode less than ten winners, and ." 47 passed the year without experiencing the gratification of riding a mount Into the circle in front of the judges reserved for tlie unsaddling of a winning horse. The colored rider. J. Lee. was second to Miller by virtue of a period of striking success at New urleans last winter an«l at Louisville and Latonia in tlie spring and early summer. Riding the winners ot the entire card of six races at Latonia was one of his feats and a record. Later In the year lie seemed to grow timid and fell off in horsemanship and success. R. M. Daniel finished third in the list. "Puddin" " is not favored by the writers attending races, and seldom is awarded praise for good riding, but he M-em to get there just the same, and has made quite a creditable record in the past two years with 102 winning mounts In 1906 and 177 In 1907. The ii ing lightweight. E. Dugan. practically unheard of in 1900, achieved great distinction, and in his first year of real opportunity piloted 154 winners. Dugan Is held to be Millers most formidable competitor and probable successor in leadership. He is a l oy of grerft promise and well equipped in thone particulars in which Miller seems deficient, riding at long distances with marked judgment as well as being able to hurry away in sprints as alertly as any rider of the day. Nicol rode skillfully in 1! 07. but fell off in per-tt-fiiajji- and found it difficult to keep dowu to ridiug weight. Riding in but 481 races in 1907 against 930 in 1906. tells its own story In that respect. M. Preston advanced in number of wins and per rentage. Notter came into such prominence that he is now justly esteemed one of the foremost jockeys of the day, and. having been engaged to ride for tlie Keene stable, has a great opportunity before him in 1908. Mountain did some brilliant riding at intervals, bnt is not consistent in his saddle work. C. Koerner. Moreland. C. H. Shilling. Garner. W. Knapp and Lloyd all did well in 1907, and are excellent riders. Of the old-timers John Bull-man showed that he retains his well-known skill by a percentage of twenty-three, but has gone out of fashion and did not have many mounts. Lightweights Delaby, D. McCarthy. Goldstein. C. Ross. G. Burns, R. Davis, Sumter and several other youngsters gave indications of becoming the riding stars of a lew years hence. This is the list of those who guided ten or more winners in 1907: Jockeys. Mts. 1st. 2d. 3d. Unp. P.C. W.Miller 1194 334 226 170 464 .28 J. Lee 1034 214 151 147 522 .21 R. McPaniel 903 177 160 121 445 .20 E. Dugan , 906 154 156 117 479 .17 C. H. Shilling 604 135 112 80 277 .22 Nicol 4S1 128 81 59 213 .27 at Preston 749 128 115 97 409 .17 Not ter 682 125 102 103 352 .18 C. Koerner 571 119 111 80 261 .21 Moreland 743 117 119 105 402 .16 Mountain 634 1 15 86 84 349 .18 Garner 481 98 64 60 259 .20 W. Knapp 455 86 64 56 249 .19 Delaby 419 85 60 OS 206 .20 Lloyd 572 81 89 82 320 .14 Pickens 633 79 72 74 428 .12 Sandy 633 77 86 95 373 .12 Englander 457 73 6© 47 271 .16 I. McCarthy 508 73 92 73 268 .14 L Swain 624 72 72 56 424 .12 A. Brown 535 71 70 70 324 .13 Goldstein 604 71 89 94 350 .12 C. Ross 389 70 57 42 220 .18 G. Burns 421 70 42 40 269 .10 D. Austin 556 69 87 75 325 .12 J. Murphy 454 68 54 66 266 .15 R. Davis 410 39 52 61 238 .14 D. Boland 452 58 62 68 264 .13 W. Fischer 563 58 54 74 377 .10 E. Martin 533 57 64 80 332 .11 Lvcurgns 442 56 54 52 280 .13 Radtke 334 53 46 48 187 .16 J. Butler 440 31 49 47 293 .12 James Hennessy 454 51 55 30 298 .11 V. Powers 461 50 61 59 291 .11 R. I.owe 525 49 56 79 341 .09 L. Williams 296 48 42 33 173 .16 E. Lynch 315 47 50 30 188 .15 Kirsehbaum 348 46 ■ 33 216 .13 Sumter 292 45 43 22 182 .15 F. Graham 334 44 42 50 198 .13 Brussel 692 44 72 87 489 .06 Oaugel 453 43 50 50 310 .09 F. Burton 462 43 57 57 305 .09 Diggins 306 42 33 32 199 .14 Beckman 403 41 32 38 292 .10 Minder 252 40 28 32 152 .16 J. Martin 283 40 39 36 168 .14 Keogh 351 40 46 46 219 .11 Musgrave 431 40 57 48 286 .09 Buxton 333 39 40 38 216 .12 J. Harris dead ... 173 36 28 20 89 .21 T. Taylor 393 M 33 26 298 .09 Horner 446 36 55 65 290 .08 Aubnchon 280 35 34 33 178 .12 J. Foley 298 35 40 31 192 .12 A. Martin 396 35 45 38 278 .09 Borel 378 34 50 43 251 .09 Liebert 196 33 39 34 90 .17 Joseph Hogg 277 31 32 26 188 .11 Dearborn 251 29 27 32 163 .12 Mnl?*hy 171 28 14 20 109 .16 Knna 348 28 38 47 235 .08 J. Hunter 249 27 30 30 162 .11 F. Swain 252 27 25 20 180 .11 Cherry 170 26 27 17 100 .15 Bilac 473 26 45 40 364 .05 C. Gross 131 25 19 15 72 .19 Shreve 223 23 32 26 142 .10 D. Rilev 277 23 17 31 206 .08 John Hennessy 208 22 23 23 140 .11 J. Johnson 220 22 24 28 146 .10 HaTtv 258 22 20 22 194 .09 Trailer 293 22 24 32 215 .08 Finn 308 22 20 26 240 .07 Heldel 175 21 24 19 111 .12 Scoville 176 21 15 19 121 .12 McRae 201 21 18 25 137 .10 W. Ott 248 21 18 24 285 .OS J. Bullman 88 20 19 17 32 .2.5 Mentrv 208 20 21 26 141 .10 C. Williams 187 19 21 27 120 .10 Farrow 257 19 30 15 193 .07 James Carroll 109 18 15 21 114 .11 C. Grand 241 18 27 32 164 .07 II. Smith 141 17 13 15 96 .12 W. Kelly 195 17 28 32 118 .09 Morlarlty 208 17 14 19 158 .0.8 W. Mclntvre 297 17 31 30 219 .06 T. Rice 131 16 15 9 91 .12 Rettig 167 16 21 23 107 .10 J. Mclntyre 07 15 11 7 34 .22 J. Haves 110 15 11 14 70 .14 A. Williams 152 15 18 13 106 .10 For 177 15 17 19 126 .08 J. McBride 196 15 21 32 128 .08 Pohanka 208 15 21 21 151 .07 Skirrin 292 15 21 31 225 .05 Vandusen 158 14 13 19 112 .09 L. Smith 192 14 21 22 135 .07 C. Henry 197 14 11 23 149 .07 . Riley «5 13 4 4 44 .20 Trueman 308 13 22 30 243 .04 Crimmins 75 12 7 6 50 .16 J. Connelly 116 12 11 18 75 .10 J. Schaller 150 12 12 13 113 .OS ». Miller 61 11 3 7 40 .18 Seder 100 11 10 13 66 .11 A. Wright 161 11 12 13 125 .07 A. Walsh 164 11 24 15 114 .07 J. Dennison 164 11 10 22 121 .07 Butwell 60 10 6 7 37 .17 Nutting 67 10 0 5 52 .15 Heatherton 99 10 6 10 73 .10 J. Daly 101 10 12 12 67 .10 Fairbrother 190 10 16 30 134 .05 W. R. Walker 228 10 19 30 169 .04 Two riders. H. Boyle and Archibald, rode the winners of fifteen steeplechases in 1907 and tied for first place in number of winning mounts. Boyle was unknown to the list, of 1906 and Archibald was second to Nat Ray that year. MeCIure came next with fourteen winners and H. Stone, Mclnerncy and S. McClain tied for fourth place with thirteen each. Nat Ray had to take a back seat with eleven winners, but has no superior in his calling in this country. T. Rae. Dupee. P. Hagan and M. Hender son all had a fair measure of success. In all 133 jockeys rode in the steeplechases. Of these 6S rode winners and 65 were so unlucky or unskillful as to have no winning mounts. The jumping races were 317 in number and the 68 riders who guided their winners made these records: Jockeys. Mts. 1st. 2d. 3d. Unp. P.C. H. Bovle 43 15 6 S 14 .35 Archibald 79 15 13 17 34 .19 H. Stone 39 13 5 8 13 .3:: Mclnernev 42 13 lo 8 11 .31 MeCIure 48 14 0 6 22 .29 S. Met lain 67 13 11 S 35 .19 Donohue 24 12 4 3 5 .50 Rav 40 11 S 7 14 .27 T. Rae 30 lo 12 5 23 .20 lupee 36 10 13 8 25 .18 M. Henderson 22 9 1 5 7 .41 P. H.igan 43 9 10 9 15 .21 Davtoa 23 7 S 2 11 .30 McAfee 23 6 0 2 9 .26 T. OBrien 24 • 5 5 8 .25 Sobell 30 r, 2 2 20 .20 Hueston 31 • . 5 3 17 .19 Huppe 38 t 10 10 10 .17 , Yourell 40 0 10 i 24 .1:. afa—aia 18 ~ l - 9 .2s John Murphy 21 5 3 0 13 .24 Kodrock 25 5 5 2 11 .22 .1. Ford 30 5 2 1 2S .14 Saflel M •"• 4 5 22 .14 1 lliifhum 43 5 2 6 30 .12 | E. Heider 44 5 9 S 22 .11 Savage 11 4 1 o o .30 Brazil 12 4 2 2 4 .XI I Owens 17 4 . » 1" .24 Finuegaii 23 4 3 4 12 .17 , Iemberton 20 4 8 4 lo .15 Ioliack 30 4 7 5 14 .13 1 w. ftforrlaaa B 4 3 7 17 .13 , Wellou 40 4 7 9 20 .10 W. Heiirv 37 4 4 9 S3 .11 ! Turnburke 14 3 3 3 5 .21 1 Koehler 10 3 4 1 S .19 . P.ernliardt 10 3 3 2 8 .19 T. Wilson 17 "3 4 1 9 .Is OConnor 21 o 3 i U .14 Iof 1 Jockeys. Mts. 1st. 2d. 3d. Cup. P.C. C. Brown 4 2 1 0 1 .50 Wickliiie 7 2 1 o 4 .29 W. ;. Wilson 9 2 1 1 5 .22 Palmer lo 2 I 2 0 .2 t Mitchell 11 1 4 O 5 .IS Beniish 11 | i 2 7 .18 W. Walsh 15 2 3 2 I .13 Mcllale 16 2 3 4 7 .12 Oee 17 2 4 2 9 .12 B. Russell 20 2 4 l 14 .10 Kelleher 22 2 6 5 9 .09 L Pierce 23 2 0 4 11 .09 Pending 24 2 4 8 10 .OS . Chandler 26 2 3 4 17 .OS Bowser 88 2 1 4 23 .07 Simpson 45 2 4 5 34 .04 , • Narvaez I 1 o 0 0 LOO T. McBride 4 1 2 0 1 .25 O. Rice 5 1 0 1 3 .20 J. Meaney 6 1 0 2 3 .17 Gainey 8 1 2 o 5 .12 Major 8 1 0 0 7 .12 Gaddy 9 1 0 2 6 .11 E. Stone 10 1 1 4 4 .10 Davidson 12 1 1 0 10 .08 G. B. Wilson 13 1 2 3 7 .08 Higgins 15 1 0 0 14 .07 Corbley 21 1 2 7 11 .05 Fifty-three races were given for gentlemen riders in 1907 and they were won by twenty-one gentlemen riders, leaving forty-two in the unlucky list of non-winners. The successful riders and their records are as follows: Gentlemen Riders. Mts. 1st. 2d. 3d. Fnp. P.C. Mr. Taylor 38 8 8 7 15 .21 Mr. J. J. OBrien 37 7 8 9 13 .19 Mr. D. KeiT 15 5 2 2 8 .33 Mr. Mathias 6 4 1 0 1 .00 Mr. Alpers 5 3 2 0 0 .88 Mr. R. F. Carman. Jr. 7 3 0 13 .43 Mr. Wright 18 3 3 3 9 .17 Mr. Holland 3 2 1 0 0 .00 Mr. Henderson 6 2 1" 1 2 .3:: Mr. Harrison 9 2 1 3 3 .22 Mr. C. Smith 11 2 2 1 6 .18 Mr. J. Tucker 12 2 5 1 4 .17 Mr. Page 12 2 2 3 5 .17 Mr. Collver 1 1 0 0 0 1.00 Mr. Hayes 2 1 0 1 0 .50 Mr. L. Evans 4 1 2 8 1 .25 Mr. Wray 5 1 2 1 1 .20 Mr. Watson 5 1 1 3 0 .20 Mr. Cassidv 6 1 1 3 1 .17 Mr. Nicholas 6 1 1 0 4 .17 Mr. E. Tucker -7 1 2 1 3 .14
