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LATE ENGLISH TURF GOSSIP. London. Eng.. November 2G. By the time this readies you for publication the English flat racing season will be over and. doubtless, you will already know the result of the exciting rivalry between 1. Maher. F. Wootton and W. Higgs for supremacy in the jockcyship record of tlie year. At present Maher seems inevitably the winner. From March, 21 to November 20 the records of the twenty leading riders were: , ,,. Jockey. Mts. 1st. 2d. 3d. Unp. P.O. Maher. I 407 135 SO 51 195 2S.!M Wootton. F 509 120 95 87 200 21.08 Higgs. W 002 120 102 SO 300 18.12 Madden. O 530 93 70 74 293 17.35 Trigg. C 010 71 01 05 443 11.09 Halsey. W. 4S5 07 "00 07 291 13.S1 Griggs. William 515 02 00 02 325 12.03 Saxby. W 350 01 51 41 203 17.13 Dillon. B 300 55 40 30 100 1S.33 Randall. H 3SG 55 CO 50 231 14.24 Fox, F. ...2SS 3S 30 28 192 13.19 Keeble. R 257 37 28 25 1C7 14.39 Ringstead. C 310 37 42 3G 195 11.93 .Griggs, Walter 410 37 39 52 2S2 9.02 McCalL G 248 34 31 33 150 13.70 Jones; II 210 32 28 30 129 14.G1 Martin. J. H 344 30 47 38 229 8.72 Crisp, R 239 28 24 2S 159 1.71 Wheatley. E 200 25 22 21 132 12.50 Far and away the most successful owner in France during the imst Hat-racing season there has been W. K. Vanderbilt. he having secured 02.S15. This considerably tops his hitherto line record of 25,980. won in 1900. Second place Is filled by Edmond Blanc, with 13,270. and then comes . Vell-Picard. who has won 00,330. As usual, George Stem, .far and away the best rider in France, easily beats all the other jockeys, and his average for the year is a Ipretty good one. 142 wins out of 550 mounts. According to Le Jockey, the following stallions have won 0,000 or more luring the year: Sire. Francs. Sire. Francs. Perth 1.070.821 Alax 109.875 Masque 370.092 Brio 100.143 Elf 370.421 Jacobite 159.323 Le Samaritaln . . 351.979 Simoniau 153. S09 Flying Fox 305.978 llalmu 153.425 Lutin 305.903 Chalet 149.715 St. Damien 293.025 Raconteur 147.953 Childwick 291.490 Madcap i:i5.0;i Gardefeu 277.709 Le Glorieux 12!U35 Le Pompon 274.S25 .Miguel 125.081 Fourire 207.772 Le Sasritlaire .. 125.037 Le Hardy 255.01 o DoriclesorSt.Bris 112.825 Lauzun 250.452 Dorieles 105.7S0 Palmiste 230.871 Gulistan 105.724 Codoman 183.195 Launav 100.433 Winkfields Pride 173.475 Prior to this year the last great invasion of American-bred yearlings was in 1S9S, and It may be interesting to some to see how the sales of that year compare with this. In 1S9S 714 yearlings were sold, the highest vrice. 3.200 guineas, being given for Simonswood. Twenty-three yearlings were disposed of for a thousand guineas or more, and fifty-nine yearlings made from 500 guineas to a thousand. In 190S 050 yearlings have lieen sold, the highest price. 2.900 guineas, being realized for a colt by Persimmon, out of Simplify. Thirty-six yearlings fetched from a thousand guineas upward, and forty-three were disposed of between 500 guineas and the thousand. Valens performance in the November Nursery at Newbury in winning at seven furlongs, witli 120 pounds up. was of such a stylish character that the far-striding son of Laveno may now be regarded as a serious rival to Bayardo for next years Derby. Frank Wootton. who rode him yesterday, has been promised the mount on Lord Carnarvons colt in both his next seasons classic engagements, which include the St. Leger as well as the Epsom event. It is probable that at the winter meeting of the Jockey Club a motion will be submitted in favor of permitting nurseries to begin in Goodwood week. There is no reason whatever, says Truth, why events of this class should be prohibited after the first half of the racing season is over, and if they were allowed at Goodwood that meeting and all the An gust meetings would be greatly benefited. Seven Gorman stables have won more than 5,000 in the recent flat racing season. Messrs. von Weinberg heading the winning list witli a total of 81,250. followed by the Royal Gradltz Stud with 4S,CS0 and Freiherr E. von Oppenheim Willi 1908.sh4.-715. Fervor is a pronounced favorite for both the Austrian and the German Derby of next year. Messrs. von Weinbergs colts price for the Austrian race is 7 to 1 in Vienna, while for the Hamburg event his quotation is only 5 to 1. Eight horses, the property of Mr. J. R. Keone, have safely reached Beckhampton from America.
