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; ; , : , STATISTICS OP THE CANADIAN TURF. Increased Total Over 1907 In Money Given and General Prosperity of All Organizations. : : Canadian racing Is in a healthy and flourishing condition and grows In importance year by year. To many turfmen of the United States it was a real life saver this year, jiving profitable employment to .their horses that otherwise would have probably been idle. Reciprocally the American horses added to the attractiveness of the Canadian meetings and the many American bookmakers and visitors increased their revenues greatly. It is quite probable that this was a record year for money making for each f ? of H- 2 c c cg cg J a w gl 8 si H S3 g gg Ki Track and Meeting, g !1 . IS 8.1 S3 H : : : : : - : and ? : : S- gg Toronto Spring ...... ..- 13 82 83 144 $ 70,200 42 18 22 19 12 .51 Montreal Spring 13 SO C7 124 41.295 37 22 21 22 20 .40 Hamilton. Spring 11 74 73 127 39,020 20 15 33 4 0 .35 Windsor Summer 25 108 120 224 7S.070 54 42 72 12 7 .32 Fort Erie Summer 30 198 127 244 8S.09O 87 40 71 32 10 .44 Montreal Fall 13 85 00 147 47,200 30 23 32 13 10 .35 Toronto Fall 7 40 04 103 38.155 22 5 22 S 2 .45 Hamilton Fall 11 74 S4 12S 35.050 27 20 27 12 11 .36 Grand Totals and Percentage. .. 123 S10 39,540 325 1S5 300 122 78 .40 In comparison with 1907 to different organizations made the following showing: Organization. 1907. 1908. Ontario Jockey Club $ 9S.S40 08,355 1 Niagara Jockey Club 101.970 8S.690 : Montreal Jockey Club 7G.275 SS.555 Windsor Racing Association.. 92,005 7S.970 ! Hamilton Jockey Club 60.035 74.970 : Totals 29,7S5 39,540 : Increase from 1907 9,755 In daily average of money distributed, Toronto i was first by a big margin and Fort Erie brought up : the rear. The combined average of 53.573.50 for all . the tracks is an excellent showing. The daily aver- . age of the tracks throughout was: Racing Races Daily , Track. Days. Run. Average., i Toronto 20 131 ,417.75- ; Fort Erie 30 19S 2,950.fi3 Montreal 20 105 3.405.00 i Windsor 25 108 3.55S.S0 j Hamilton 22 - 14S 3.407.73, - Tot. and Gen. Average. 123 "w 810 ,573.50 As is usually the case, Mr: ,T. E. Seagram heads-the list of winning owners with a pronounced" lead ; over his closest follower, who, this year, turned out to be the American owner. A. Turney. W. Shields . was not far away from Turney in stable earnings, with the Canadian-owned Valley Farm Stable a close fourth. Only these stables earned over 0,000 and the complete list of owners winning ,000 or more is: Owner. 1st. 2d. 3d. Aint. J. E. Seagram 25 13 19 1,715 A. Turner 15 12 11 12.765 W. Shields 22 14 23 12.105 Valley Farm Stable 14 19 12 11.52,. R. F. Carman 17 14 18 9.14; F. Cook 12 9 11 S.200 J. Garson 19 17 7 7,S1;j .T. H. Madigan 10 9 5 7.550 P. T. Chinn 17 11 10 7.13o J. W. May 10 5 4 7.120 R. L. Thomas 14 15 9 0.775 J. Dyrnent 11 12. 3 0.03;. P. M. Civill 14 11 9 6.290 A. Weber 12 9 S 5.9S0 L. A. Cella 11 7 9 5,975 T. C. McDowell 15 0 4 5.7 to W. Jennings 9 4 5 5.720 E. A. Brennan 11 1G 7 5.G..0 E. Corrigan S S S 5.410 A. Bailer 9 8 13 5.015 J. AV. Colt 11 0 2 4.8 lu D Dunlop 7 .5 9 4. .20 Mrs. J. McLaughlin G 5 0 4.405 C. Bowman 10 7 4 4,2.; L G. Mollnelli 7 0 0 4.06a J. R. Wainwright 8 S G 3.800 W. H. Mosby 7 9 0 3,820 H. Flippen 10 7 3 3,770 A. Case 7 7 3 3.025 J. S. Flynn 4 8 5 3.490 G. Hendrie 7 10 5 3.4... M. L. Hayman 0 4 5 3.445 C. C. Smithson 7 2 1 3.30 B. and O. Stable 0 11 7 3.310 J. W. Pangle 0 5 8 3.140 A. Beck 4 0 0 3,115 J. Burttschell 0 9 8 3.100 G. R. Tompkins 4 2 1 3.000 I. W. Booth 5 4 5 2.940 W. F. Mathews G .5 2 2.935 T. Clyde 0 2 7 2.00a C. Meister. Jr 5 7 7 2.S10 Nugent Bros 0 10 9 2.S40 W. Gerst 7 3 12 2..S.. H. Oots 7 7 0 2,715 P. Dunne 7 4 8 2.0S0 G. H. Holle 5 10 3 2.G7o A. G. Weston 5 S 10 2 57;. A. Brown 4 9 9 2.500 M. Welsh 5 7 0 2.525 Fnirport Stable G 1 3 2.500 M. Nicoll . 2 4 2.4. u J. M. W. Green 4 4 1 2.43,. T. Monahan 3 G 7 2.41;. E. F. Miller 5 G 3 2.390 M. C. Moore 2 0 1 2.330 Mrs. A. B. Stansbury 5 0 6 2.155 G. W. J. Bissell 5 4 S 2.1o P. Knebelkainp 4 0 0 2,000 Because of winning the valuable Kings Plate at the Toronto spring meeting. Mr. Seagrams three-year-old colt. Seismic, heads the Canadian list of winning horses, another three-year-old, Clell Turney. coming next and only 0 behind the leader. Exactly 00 less than Clell Turney was the older horse. Reidmoore. Simcoe was the leading winner among the two-year-olds and to Please fell the honor of winning the greatest number of races. The winners of ,000 or more were: Horse. 1st. 2d. 3d. Amt. Seismic 3 0 0 1908.sh,535 Clell Turney 4 3 2 G.49j Reidmoore 9 8 1 ;?: Simcoe 7 3 2 r..0.- Cave Adsum 8 4 5 5.360 Please 10 1 J 4..90 Inferno 2 3 1 4.09., Lawrenre P. Daley 5 0 3 4.L,0 Martin Toyle G 3 3 3.S0.. Bouquet 1 4 0 O .J.0..0 Royal Onyx G 4 i. J.GOo Arondack 4 5 2-40 Servile 8 1 10 3.320 Belmere 0 ??2 Photographer 4 0 0 o.ii; Polly Prim G 7 4 3.000 Elizabeth Harwood 2 4 3 SW" Byzantine 5 4 C .bto Charlie Gilbert 2 5 3 2 820 Goes Fast 3 3 3 2. Ragman 4 1 ijo Goldway 6 13 2.010 Zlpango G 4 1 2.000 Dennis Stafford 5 5 1 r.t20 Uncle Toby 3 2 0 2.0OO Essex II 4 4 1 2.4ou Chief Hayes 0 3. 7 2.430 Billie Hlbbs 3 3 4 2.42o Night Mist .. 5 G 3 2.390 Richard Reed ... 2 0 1 2.30 Ellicott 3 4 1 2.2M Glimmer 3 4 0 2.-G0 St. Jeanne 4 4 C 2.240 Waterbury 3 2 1 2.15 Solon Shingle 5 0 0 2.155 Steve Lane 4 ., -.loo Dan de Noyles 5 0 2.09.. 4 G Ceremonlus - -.040 Berwick 5 1 1 2.01o Excellent jockeysbip was witnessed by Canadian patrons of racing this year, such star riders as V. Powers. Nicol and C. H. Shilling riding at all meetings. Powers and Shilling achieving a remarkably high percentage of winning mounts. Among the lightweights. Kennedy, J. Bergen and McCahey held out promise of becoming high-class riders of the near future. In all. those who rode three or more winners were: Jockey. Mts. 1st. 2d. 3d. Unp. P.C. V Powers 303 103 4S 50 107 . .33 C H Shilling 172 53 33 25 50 .34 Kennedy nenneay . : ..181 38 53 35 150 .21 033 3S 47 37 1U .10 J Bergen 225 33 28 2! 135 .15 G Burns ....... 190 20 29 35 100 .14 Deverich .. ........... 242 25 23 30 104 .10 J W Murphy 245 25 19 32 169 .10 MnsCTiive ........ US 24 21 13 55 .21 Fairbrother" . 184 24 23 20 111 .13 -Uffieteua ......"......lSi 20 24 21 119 .11 ! and all of the racing organizations across our northern line. , The total of money given was but ,755 more than in 1907. This was because racing at Fort Erie and Windsor was not carried on so long as in 1907. the natural result being a falling off in the aggregate of money distributed among winning owners. Toronto, Montreal and Hamilton all made handsome increases and probably will do better in 1909. In a condensed way the following table gives the financial history of Canadian racing of 190S. together with number of racing days, percentage of winning horses and other items of interest: 1 : ! : : i : . . , i ; i j - ; . Jockey. Mts. 1st 2d. 3d. Unp. P.C. F. Burton 194 IS 22 22 132 .09 T. Rice 298 IS 37 31 212 .00 0. Ross 219 17 35 24 143 .08 Harty 104 15 13 14 02 .14 McCahey 50 14 S 9 19 .28 C. Koerner 70 14 38 13 25 .20 Francis 119 14 11 12 S2 .12 Pickens 123 13 15 15 SO .11 .T. Butler , 51 32 5 0 2S .24 Liebert 77 11 7 4 55 .14 J. Howard 91 11 S 12 CO .12 W. Ott 110 11 4 92 .09 Garner 63 10 7 13 33 .10 Englander S4 10 13 10 51 .12 Troxler 120 10 12 15 S3 .OS E. Walsh 40 9 0 4 21 .22 E. Martin 51 S 9 8 20 .10 McCabe 00 S 4 0 4S .12 J. Foley ,...144 8 13 11 112 .06 Glasner 72 7 4 5 56 .10 Brannon 90 7 5 12 00 .OS Whiting 79 G 3 7 03 .OS G. Swain S7 G 31 8 62 .07 Goldstein 20 4 4 5 7 .20 "T. Koerner 32 4 7 4 17 .12 Delaby 47 4 S 7 2S .09 Minder 02 4 7 9 42 .00 Quarrington 01 3 5 3 . 50 .05 The following twenty unlucky or unskillful ones rode less than three winners, but were astride either one or two: Jensen. 2: Mulcnhy, 2: A. Murray. 2: J. Schaller, 2: T. Steele. 2: W. Allen. 1: D. Armstrong. 1: J. Baker. 1: Dubei. 1: S. Flynn, 1; Goines, 1: E. Griffin. 1; Gullett. 1: Haynes. 1: John Hicks. 1: Hinch-cliffe, 1: A. Martiu. 1; J. A. McFaddeu. 1: J. Shea, 1; Trueman. 1. There was a close race for the premiership among the trainers. B. T. Littlefield sendiug twenty-three winners to the post, while W. Shields and F. Lu-zader each had twenty-two to his credit. The following trainers . enjoyed the pleasure of leading away five or more winners: Bailer. A 9 Luzader. F 22 Beal. N. K S McCreery. T S Boden. James 10 McDaniel, H 15 Bovle. R G McKinney. J 10 Brown, C. E 12 McKinney. W. A. ... 7 Burttschell. W. A. .. 0 McLaughlin. J 9 Brennan, W .10 McLaughlin, J. Jr... 5 Bulcroft. A 0 May. J. AV. 10 Cassadr. K 7 Miller. E. F 5 Calm, J. C 5 Minton. R 5 Chinn. P. T 17 Mollnelli. A 7 Collins. J 10 Nugent, S 5 Coles. T. F 13 Nixon. J 14 Dyrnent. J 14 Phillips. W. E 13 Denny. G 10 Price. P 6 Everman. J 5 Price. II- 5 Fravling. J. K 5 Presgrave A F 10 Flippen. H S Pangle. J. W 8 Garth. Woods 15 Rockett, C. F 7 Gravdon, G. W 12 Rodrock. T 12 Goodloe. A 12 Shields. W 22 Graver. J. W 8 Stubbs. E 5 Hanlon. F 0 Stansbury. A. B 5 Ham. G 7 Stewart. D. E 9 Henry, D 5 Turney,- A G Johnson, L 0 AVeston. A. G 5 Joplin. W. 0 6 Welsh, M 5 Jennings. AA Jr. ...12 AVard. J. S 12 Littlefield. B. T. 23 Walters. J ... 7 Lewis, A 10 AVest. O. O. Jr 7 Lewis. AV 5 With so many good horses in action, track records were bound to be changed and many new marks were substituted for old ones. The horses that made new track records or tied previously existing ones and the date and place of their performances were the following: HAMILTON. Dist. Horse. A.Wt. Date. Time 1-2 Brown Tony.2 115 June 11, 190S :4S 5-S M. Montrose.3 105 October 0. 1908 1:00 5 1-2 f Redondo 5 100 June 12, 1908 1:00! Waponoca ..2 105 September 30. 190S.1:0G3 3-4 Ethon 4 113 October 1, 1008 1:12 7-S Ethon 4 117 October G, 190S l:25i 1 Gridiron 3 92 October 7, 190S 1:40 1 1-10 Cave Adsum. 4 118 June 15, 190S 1:405 1 1-8 Cave Adsum.4 113 June 13, 100S l:53i 1 1-4 Gridiron 3 90 October 10. 190S...2:05 1 1-2 Cave Adsum.4 119 October 2. 190S 2:32 Turf Course. 1 John Carroll. 6 104 September 30. 1008.1:39 1 1-10 St. Ilario ...3 10S October 2, 190S 1:45 1 1-1 Chalfonte ...5 103 October 5, 100S. . . .2:04 11-8 Millstone ...4 98 Juno 11. 100b..... 1:..2 1 1-2 Chalfonte ..5 110 October 10, 190S. ..2:3.S 2 Sicamous ...4 90 October 7. 190S 3:2S Steeplechases. Ab2 Moongold ..4 134 June 15, 1908 4:10?. Ab 2 1-4 Bilberry ...0 152 June 16, 190S 4:27J Ab2 1-2Bnd Brook.7 15S June 13. 1903 4:5G Bilberry ...6 142 October 10. 1903... 4:50 WINDSOR. Dist. Horse. A.Wt. Date. Time. 4 1-2 f Ceremomns .2 101 July 3, 190S :5 Arrowshaft .2 112 July 10. 1908 :54 3-4 Redoiulo -...5 OS July 0, 190S 1:12?. Redondo 5 103 July 11. 190S 1:123 7-8 Polly Prim.. 5 110 July 10. 1908 1:2.. .1 Polly Prim. .5 914 July 20. 190S 1:38 Superstition .3 87 July 25, 1908 l:3Si 1 1-16 Glimmer ....4 102 July 8 390S 1:40 Cave Adsum.4 112 July 25. 190S 1:46J 1 1-8 Ch. Gilbert.. 4 103 June 27. 1908 1:52 13-10 Zipango ....4 10! -July 0. 190S......2:00; 1 3-S St. Ilario ...3 105 July 10. 190S 2:21? 11-2 Missouri Lad5 104 July 4. 190S.......2:3s 1 3-4 Ismaillan ..0 103 July 13, 190S 3:01i Steeplechases. 4b 2 Gait 4 125 July 13. 1908 4:2S Byzantine ..0 140 July 15. 190S 4:28 TORONTO. Dist. Horse. A.Wt. Date. Time 1-2 Lady Lrma...2 110 May 23, 1D0S :49i lm70y Reidmoore ..5 105 May 25, 1903 1:40 Steeplechases. 2 Spen. Reiff..S 157 June 5. 190S 3:55 2 1-2 Bnd Brook.. 7 150 June 6, 1908 4:u9i MONTREAL. Dist. Horse. A.Wt. Date. Tlma. 4 1-2 f Havre 2 118 June 13. 1908 :54j Arionette .. 2 101 August 31. 190S... :54s 5-8 Ragman 2 10S June 13, 190S :594 5 1-2 f E. Harwood. 2 103 September 5. 100S.1:0C 3-4 Clolsteress ..5 110 September 12. 190S.1:12? 7-S Jane Swift.. 3 90 June 20, 1908 1:20J 1 Goes Fast... 3 100 September 32. 190S.1:3S I 1-3 Bouquet 3 10S September 4. 190S..1:52J 1 1-4 Reidmoore ..5 110 June 13, 190S 2:06s 1 1-2 Lally 4 102 September 12. 190S.2:34 Steeplechases. Ab 2 Waterway ..5 145 September 12. 190S.3:54 Ab 2 1-2 Touchwood .4 143 June 13. 1908 5:10 Ab 3 St. Nick 4 146 September 5. 190S..C:03S FORT ERIE. Dist. Horse. A.Wt. Date. Imi 5-8 Em. Williain2 103 August 27. 1903... 1:00? 5 1-2 f St. Jeanne... 4 112 August 1. 190S....1 06? Mich. Angelo2 111 August 25, 190S.... 1065 Berwick ....4 127 August 2o. 390S...1O05 Honest 3 110 August 27. 1908... 1:06?; lm70T K. Danghter.5 124 August 25. 8...1:42j ; 13-16 Dr.L.Hfmn 4 104 August 27, 190S...l:59i Equaled. I
