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RACING STATISTICS OF THE YEAR 1909 During the course of the year which has just come to a close the sum of 3140095 was distributed in slakes and purses among owners who raced their horses over the recognized tracks of the United States the Dominion of Canada and Mexico While this represented a decrease of 1204990 from the distribution of 1908 still the showinir was decidedly better than was anticipated at the beginning of 1909 when the turf outlook was any tiling but bright as a consequence of the uncertainty created by hostile legislation in various sections of this country The passing of the year brought with it developments indicating that tlie crisis in tlie affairs of the turf has been weathered and that the great sport of racing is once more well on the way to renewed prosperity of an enduring character Even reduced as it has been by the stress of circum ¬ stances the aggregate distribution to the owners of thoroughbreds in America continues in excess of the amount annually distributed among owners in Kngland which is generally regarded as the greatest racing country In the world and where the turf is on i foundation as enduring as tlie Kock of Gibraltar It is piobable that the low ebb in American distribution lias been reached and that there will IK a gradual re ¬ turn to the affluent conditions of the golden period immediately preceding the recent wave of represslonary legislation that wiped so many racing associations out of existence existenceIn In summing up the practical results of the year n striking feature Is the wonderfully formful racing that marked the conduct of the sport at Montreal where during the thirteen days of the summer meet ¬ ing from June 5 to June 19 the extraordinary percentage of 58 was attained by winning favorites This was the best record of the year in that particular Tlie general average of successful first choices through ¬ out tlie country was 47 which is considerably above normal The record of IJtOS was to and for 1907 it was 39 The fall meeting at Churchill Downs where large and unwieldy fields of lowclass selling plafers burnished the racing represents the extreme in the matter of low percentage its showing being 28 The following tabulation gives in a general way the statistics of 1909 Track and Dates Oakland Jan 1April 17 9 ° 308790 204 Sauia Anita Park Jan 1April 17 II IILexington Lexington April 2May 1 i iPimlico Pimlico April 21May 12 10 10Churchill Churchill Downs May 3May 23 IS ISBelmont Belmont Park May 13Tune 2 11 11Jamestown Jamestown May lMay 29 15 15Toronto Toronto May 22Tnne 5 IS ISLatonla Latonla May 25July 5 M ravesend June June 23 11 11Montreal Montreal June 5Tunc 19 11 11Hamilton Hamilton June 22 July 3 11 11Slieeishead Slieeishead Bay June 21July 13 14 14Fort Fort Erie July 5luly 28 21 21Kmpire Kmpire City July 14July 31 10 10Windsor Windsor July 31Aug 21 19 19Saratoga Saratoga Aug 2Aug 28 24 24Fort Fort Erie Aug 2iSept 4 9 9Shcepshead Shcepshead Bay Aug 3J2ScjiLJj 3J2ScjiLJj13t 13t 13tMtTynrnntedIitK MtTynrnntedIitK Sep 2SepO 4 Montreal Sept 4Sept IS 13 13ravesend 40395 30 ravesend Sept 14Sept 27 J2 J2Toronto 52290 35 Toronto Sept ISSept 25 7 7Churchill 43740 Churchill Downs Sept 25Oct 9 13 13Hamilton 24325 Hamilton Sept 28Oct 9 11 11Belmont 37100 34 Belmont Park Sept 28Oct 11 12 12Latonia 71003 32 Latonia Oct 11Nov 25 3S 3SWindsor 70700 1 Windsor Oct 12Oct 23 11 11Jamaica Jamaica Oct 12Oct 25 12 12Pimlieo 48 395 30 Pimlieo Oct 23 Nov 8 14 14Aqueduct 50920 40 404SOSO Aqueduct Oct 2iNov 8 12 12Oakland 4SOSO S4 Oakland Nov 20Dec ttl 0 0Jacksonville 52150 0 0S4MX Jacksonville Nov 25Dec 31 V VTampa S4MX 81 8141iO Tampa Nov 25Dec 31 41iO 104 Juarez Dec 1Dec 31 42800 47 Totals and percentage 724 724No 2575130 1930 1038 1534 No betting on one race walkover The following tabulation shows the distribution of ofthe the year by organizations as compared with the distribution of 1908 1908Organization Organization 1908 1909 1909Coney Coney Island Jockey Club 4G1S5G 201980 201980Brooklyn Brooklyn Jockey Club 318195 130185 130185Westchester Westchester Kacing Association 304075 195178 195178Empire Empire City Jockey Club 1OS045 09095 09095Saratoga Saratoga Association 117525 140380 140380Metropolitan Metropolitan Jockey Club 95GOO 48395 48395Queens Queens County Jockey Club 102455 48CSO 48CSOBrighton Brighton Beach Ilacing Associa ¬ tion 75060 Washington Jockey Club 70125 Maryland Jockey Club 102540 129705 129705New New California Jockey Club 014430 360940 360940Los Los Angeles Ilacing Association 339110 292525 292525Latonia Latonia Jockey Club 157035 178905 178905Kentucky Kentucky Association 41250 10500 10500New New Louisiana Jockey Club 24600 Windsor Itacing Association 78970 95740 95740Niagara Niagara Jockey Club 88090 98820 98820Ontario Ontario Jockey Club 108355 121290 121290Hamilton Hamilton Jockey Club 74970 78490 78490Montreal Montreal Jockey Club 88555 94327 94327King King County Fair Assn Seattle 180815 Butte Fair and Uacing Assli 128445 50370 50370Jamestown Jamestown Jockey Club 14000 19700 19700Maryland Maryland Inited Hunts Assn 0510 0525 0525Louisville Louisville Kacing Association 38050 Houston Kacing Association 20r 50 52850 52850San San Antonio Fair Association 01G25 2400 2400Beaumont Beaumont Kacing Association 14500 El Paso Kacing Association 14350 49500 49500Fort Fort Worth Kacing Association 8100 42000 42000Travis Travis Co Fair Assn Austin 5075 Texas State Fair Assn Dallas 32300 12350 12350Crescent Crescent City Jockey Club 178930 Mtv Park Jockey Club 174745 Victoria Country Club 78000 78000British British Columbia Thord Assn 07070 07070Anaconda Anaconda Jockey Club 1 1850 1850Utah Utah Jockey Club 82100 82100Keno Keno Jockey Club 13575 13575Ogden Ogden Jockey Club 27500 27500Oklahoma Oklahoma City Jockey Club 28450 28450Juarez Juarez Jockey Club 42800 42800Forida Forida State MhUvintcr Fair FairAssociation Association 41000 41000Savannah Savannah Jockey Club 24850 24850Tnlsa Tnlsa Fair Association 21300 21300New New Louisville Jockev Club 88335 78750 78750Florida Florida Live Stock and Agricul ¬ tural State Fair Association 88300 otals 45 associations 4351091 3140095 3140095Decrease Decrease from 1908 1204990 Geographically the distribution was as follows Kacing Kaccs Money Days Kun Distributed New York 137 825 839893 Califo lia 213 144 054fi5 Easter i Canada 128 852 488007 Kentu ky 112 072 208215 Texas Britls Columbia Maryl id Florid rtah Montana Oklahoma Mexico Georgia Virginia Nevada Totals Sheepshead Bay which for years led the country n daily average distribution yielded lirst place in 1W9 to Ttelmont Park which August Belmont and his associates are ambitious to make the turf head ¬ quarters of America Toronto recognized as standing for all that is best and highest in the con ¬ duct of the sport in Canada is a close third Fol ¬ lowing is a tabulation of the showing of the various tracks in this respect respectDaily AverageTrack Kacing DailyKacing Kaces Average Daily Track TrackBelmont Days Run Distribn DistribnBelmont Belmont Park 23 138 848105 Sheepshead Bay 27 102 748074 Toronto 20 134 073833 Saratoga 24 147 009917 Graveseml 23 139 5G5239 Pimlico 30 200 432550 Empire City 10 90 431844 Aqueduct 12 72 405000 Jamaica 12 72 403292 Montreal 2C 102 301042 Oakland 122 733 300940 Hamilton 22 149 354955 Fort Erie 30 200 329400 Santa Anita Park 91 Oil 320900 Windsor 30 201 319133 Jacksonville 32 192 202500 Churchill Downs 31 ISO 254032 Latonia 74 444 240C2S Butte 30 210 180900 ButteMaryland Maryland United Hunts 4 22 103125 Vancouver 43 209 155977 Lexington 7 42 150000 Jamestown 15 90 131333 Victoria 01 307 12SS52 Houston 41 240 127073 00 378 124000 Dallas 10 41 123500 San Antonio 2 12 120000 Anaconda 10 00 118500 Fort Worth 38 228 112105 Savannah 23 138 108043 Oklahoma City 28 159 101007 El Paso 49 245 100105 Ogden 29 10T 94S2S Keno 15 81 90500 Tulsa 29 ire 7344S Juarez 21 20 42800 Tampa 32 192 41000 Totals and general average 1198 7280 258774 258774James James K Keene after having headed the list of American owners for years was displaced in 1909 by Samuel C Hildreth whose horses won the con fnrtahlc total of 159112 despite the restricted oj portunitles that were afforded Mr Hildreth ha 1 finished fourth the preceding year with 10410 Mr Keene whose horses won 282075 in 1908 stands second in the list for 1909 with a record of 1117 The shipment of some of his best horses to Euglan 1 for a campaign in that country undoubtedly affectei his American showing II G Bedwell who secure 1 a place among the leaders for the first time is thirl with 02218 and Barney Schroiber comes fonrtl The thirty leaders of the year are as follows Owner OwnerS 1st 2d 3d Won S C Hildreth 79 58 37 159112 J K Keene 21 It 12 111733 II G Bedwell 123 99 97 02218 I Schreiber 143 110 118 54475 P T Chlnn 98 00 05 51145 Montpelier Stable 47 28 32 40000 F A Forsythc K L Thomas St James Stable W Walker J McManus 27 30 10 G M Odoin 41 31 23 Keene Bros 50 27 38 J E Madden 13 27 24 J W Colt 38 24 IS J W Schorr 30 3S 30 W Gerst 44 39 45 Mrs J McLaiijhlin 21 20 23 A Belmont 18 1C 13 Coutmued on second page RACING STATISTICS OF THE YEAH 1909 Continued from first page IV Dunne 44 o oC C L Harrison 11 11Henderson Henderson Hogan 32 40 39 10 10Pasadena Pasadena Stable w 57 4IV 21 10 10Beverwyck Beverwyck Stable 20 22 11 15 15Chelsea Chelsea Stable 20 10 yz i P S 1 Randolph 24 25 R F Carman 1 31 jo joW W Clay 10 4 i 13 13O O II Holle 27 41 21 15 15IV IV M CIvlll 5 24 21 15 As seemed likely months ago Joe Madden S C Hildreths now fouryearold chestnut eolt by lankee Tarantella heads the list of money winning horses with 4i94 5 to his credit James U Keenes Fu ¬ turity winner Sweep is in second place with 41323 King James and Fitz Herbert stableuiatcs of the leader are respectively third and llfth while fourth and sixth places fall to Hilarious and Mask ette stablemates of Sweep Thus the first six posi ¬ tions in the list are monopolized by representatives of two stables Following is tlie record of the thirty leading horses of the year Horse HorseJoe 1100 1100ge ge Sts 1st 2d 3dUnp Won Joe Madden 3 15 5 9 1 O 49005 Sweep 285210 210 41323 King James 4 12 10 2 0 41 l 38253 Hilarious r 4 i 4 o 41 i 35rri ur si 5 Fitz Herbert ir 14 i 104 o o 47r7 Maskette 1 0 0 22715 Uocky OBrien 5 7 22070 High Private 1 3 1 17U04I Waldo 212 14SSU Olambala 4 3 1 14532 Hose Queen 3 42 10 11 187 S i 127CO Firestone 4 20 11 4 45 5 12580 Ocean Bound 2 0 4 0 002 0 12545 Jack Atkin 5 20 14 5 5 2 14IS20 Greenvale 2 12 4 3 3 2 10200 Arondack 3 41 0 9 10 K 9305 Flying Squirrel 2 18 10 4 431 3 1 9270 Nadzn 5 i s 11 1 3 9 9005 Rndium Star 2 i 2 3 3 5 Schoolmarm 2 72 2 2 1 Nimbus 4 54 14 11 2 7 Wise Mason 13 G 4 i 2 Crystal Maid 3 22 14 i 3 4 Fauhtleroy 2 i s o c s Booster Red 4 7 11 14 7 5 Stanley Kay 4 28 9 10 4 5 Kings Daughter DaughterThe 0 17 8 2 2 5 The Peer 58 17 17 8 10 Maltbie 1 20 0 4 3 7 Arasee H G Bedwell who stood third to A J Joyner and William Walker in 1008 leads the trainers of tlie country for the honors of 1009 by a wide margin He saddled 122 winners during the year a truly meritorious record P T Cliiun Is in second place with 90 winners S C Hildreth is third with 7 while William Walker and William Reed trainer for J O JE G II Keene tied for fourth place Ihe record of the thirty leading trainers follows Trainer No wii wiiH Won H G Bedwell 122 122P 0404 P T Chinn 494 9 S C Hildreth 73 73W W Walker W Reed A Blute L Marion R Colston 51 51A A G Blakeley 1 1H H McDaniel 48 1 Henry 4o 4oF F Ilaiilon 4 4S S A Clopton 44 44T T J Healey G M Odoui 11 11D D S Fountain W II Fizer C S Wilson T Welsh G Ham J JT T Hatlleld P M Civill 55 55W W P Fine A Simons William Garth L Johnson M Garrity W P Maxwell J McLaugblin 2 2W W F Prcsgrave V Powers notwithstanding an extended absence from the saddle during the summer heads the list of successful jockeys in respect to number or win ¬ ning mounts as he did in 1908 His percentage is 25 as against 20 the preceding year Singleton who rode principally at minor meetings leads in uiii rna tiT of percentage his record being 31 C U Shilling makes ihe excellent showing of 30 The record of the thirty leading riders is as follows followsAmount Amount AmountJockey Jockey Mts 1st 2d 3d Unp PO VVon V Powers 74M 173 121 114 2 0 25 131405 G Archibald 77 159 134 120 3GC 20 415U Butwell 745 153 154 98 340 21 1 4 0 Tapllu SSO 151 131 138 400 17 00215 M McGee SG2 150 121 122 409 17 55910 55910J J Reid 710 147 119 100 350 21 04510 04510J J Howard SSI 144 141 107 489 10 G4 5 5K K Dngan G31 143 123 SO 279 23 100355 100355G G Burns 4K50 125 119 95 311 19 SOUSS SOUSSPickens Pickens 601 123 94 79 305 20 40555 40555J J Davenport 525 119 SS 90 222 23 4941SO 4941SOCoburn Coburn 708 112 122 107 307 10 30585 30585C C H Shilling 108 54 03 134 30 450005 450005Molesworth Molesworth 4ttS 107 75 84 201 23 25025 25025Kenned Kenned v S1O IOC 103 127 474 13 44940 44940Page Page 015 105 129 70 335 10 00505 00505Mentrv Mentrv i79 99 77 91 412 15 574175 574175Scovilie Scovilie 582 98 75 SO 323 17 99505 99505E E Martin f32 98 SS 459 287 10 40790 40790JMusgraw JMusgraw 5 59 97 S7 SI 290 15 53152 53152A A Walsh WalshSingleton 7445 90 91 90 45 13 30005 Singleton 81 51 32 94 31 SingletonVandusen Vandusen SO 94 99 202 15 McCaheyLouder McCahey VandusenMcCahey 594 SO 100 SO 32S 13 47235 Louder 408 74 77 02 195 18 18435 LouderHoi Hoi lister 33G 72 52 4i2 150 21 15705 Goldstein 471 71 T Rice 720 70 SO 97 473 09 30240 Vosper 438 459 CO 250 13 15835 Keogh 4S1 CO 73 C2 280 14 20151 Jockey Donohuc finished the year at the head of the crosscountry riders with S McClain and David ¬ son his closest rivals for the honor The record of the successful steeplechase jockeys during the year is as follows Steeplechase SteeplechaseJockey Jockey Mts 1st 2d 3d Unp PC Won Donohue 27 13 3 3S 328 2 8 49 7305 7305II S McClain 48 11 12 12Davidson II 10 23 5540 Davidson 28 10 4 4McAfee 1 13 30 8900 McAfee 40 9 13 13Simpson G 12 22 5040 Simpson 25 S 0 0E 2 9 32 4385 E Stone 28 S 4 4J 4 12 29 3005 J Lynch 28 7 8 8F 4 9 25 r7G5 F Williams 43 7 10 10W G 20 10 34W5 W Allen 44 7 9 9Ray Ray 21 G G GPollock Pollock 28 G 9 9Patterson G 7 21 055 Patterson 13 5 5 5Hupix 1 2 38 288 Hupix 23 5 5 5Hughes 3 10 22 3155 Hughes 2S 5 2 2Grantland 4 12 22 3005 Grantland 11 4 2 2E 1 4 30 1050 E Udder IS 4 7 7McKismev 2 5 22 2270 McKismev 21 4 4 4G 4 9 19 213D G Palmer 21 4 2 2Dupee 2 13 19 1040 Dupee 27 4 4 4Shoemaker G 13 15 2255 Shoemaker 7 I 1 1H 2 1 43 14H50 H Stone 12 3 3Yomvll 1 5 25 2190 Yomvll 13 5 2 2Sobell 1 7 24 1235 Sobell 17 ° 1 1Kellelier G 7 18 2925 Kellelier 19 2 2SalTel 4 10 15 3095 SalTel 20 4 4Archibald 5 12 15 950 Archibald 21 7 7Pending 2 9 14 1S05 Pending 22 5 0 0A 0 13 14 1223 A Smith C CSavage 2 1 1Savage 0 3 33 12SO Savage 2 0 2 2 33 93r Kermath 10 10Mahon 5 3 20 1450 Mahon 12 12Slater O 5 17 12IO Slater 17 17Barton G S 12 1315 Barton 1 1Jackson O 140 2ii Jackson 1 1Veitch 0 0 100 4X10 Veitch 1 1Boyle Boyle 2 2Jolley Jolley 2 2Bowser Bowser 3 3W W Wilson G GMulcahy Mulcahy G GW W Walsh 7 7Lewis Lewis 7 7Beamish Beamish S SLucas Lucas 10 10Hufhain 10 705 Hufhain 11 11O 09 39i 39iOS O Heider 13 OS 1 040 Sampson 15 15Ryan 07 KIT Ryan t 10 Mr Thomas Wright carried oiT the honors among the gentlemen riders The record of the amateurs who rode at least one winner on tlie imi ortani tracks during the year is as follows Gentleman GentlemanRider Rider Mts MtsMr 1st 2d 3d Unn PC Won Mr T Wright 1 I 8 32 2705 Mr R Taylor 1 1Mr 3 42 2051 Mr Holland 1 45 810 Mr F Dnvics 1 515 940 Mr E Tucker n 2 45 15 Mr S Taylor 1 O 41 1410 Mr J F Kelly 1 0 0 100 Mts 1st 2d 3d Unp Mr 1 Davis I IMr Mr Garth 1 1Mr Mr Hammond 1 Mr J LHptr 1 1Mr Mr 1earce 1 1Mr Mr Reed 1 1Mr Mr C H Smith 3 3Mr Mr Mathias 4 4Mr Mr R Davies 4 Mr M Blaik G
