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RECORD OF THE JOCKEYS OF 1909 V Powers by leading the jockeys of the country in respect to number of winning mounts in 1909 as he did in 1908 duplicates the similar achievements of Tommy Burns and Walter Miller in having twice taken life riding honors of the American turf in successive years Powers fell far short of riding as many winners during the second year of his supremacy as he did in the first but it must be taken into considera ¬ tion that he was absent from the saddle during a considerable portion of the year as the outcome of a sus ¬ pension that was lifted only after he had lost much of his opportunity for approaching his record of the preceding year Had he been able to ride continuously during the year his record might have fallen imt iitte below that of 1008 as his percentage for 1909 is 25 as against 20 the previous year Increasing weight the bugaboo of most American riders also operated to curtail Powers opportunities for riding and undoubtedly will further reduce his capacity for usefulness in future Following futureFollowing is a tabulation of the record of the leading jockeys of each year since and including 1S95 Year Jockey Mts 1st 2J 3d Unp PO 1895 Perkins 702 192 177 129 204 25 1890 C Reiff 822 292 102 SO 342 3T 1897 H Martin SO 173 152 lli 3C2 21 1898 T Burns 1 4 973 277 213 149 334 28 1899 T Burns 1054 273 173 200 352 2C 1900 Mitchell 854 195 140 139 380 23 1901 W OConnor 1047 253 221 192 381 21 1902 Ranch 108 27i 205 181 407 25 1903 Fuller 918 229 152 122 415 25 25Ii05 1004 Hildebrand 1109 297 230 171 471 25 Ii05 Xicol Slit 221 143 130 301 25 25190i 190i W Miller 1384 388 300 199 497 28 1907 W Miller 1194 334 225 170 404 28 1908 V Powers 12CO 324 204 185 547 25 1903 V Powers 704 173 121 114 290 25 25Second Second to Powers in the list Tor 1909 stands G Archibald a jockey whose riding lias been confined to the Pacific slope and who is considered by many good judges who have had the opportunity of observing his work to be a rider of rare skill and ability His opportunities have been limited and his showing is creillta ble James Butwell who is third achieved prominence for the first time in a riding career extending over many years He undoubtedly is a rider of ability and as first jockey fit the formidable stable that James R Keene will race in 1910 his opportunities for achieving further fame will be increased Eddie increasedEddie Taplin who finished in fourth place was the lightweight find of the year When racing began in California in the fall of 190S Taplin was a novice apprentice but his latent ability was speedily devel ¬ oped by the useful and consistent racers in the stable of his contract employer II G Bedwell Taplin probably would have ended the year in first place instead of fourth but for a disagreement with his em ¬ ployer which kept him out of the saddle during the last month or so of the year When he last rode in November he was at the head of the list and in good riding form and It is likely that liad he continued riding V Powers would have been obliged to content himself with second place C II Shilling who is jusily regarded as one of the foremost of American jockeys was seen in the saddle but little during the year in consequence of differences with his contract employer and although the leader In percentage rode only enough winners to permit of his finishing in thirteenth position M McGee J Reid J Howard E Dugan G Burns Pickens and J Davenport are others who figure prominently in the 1909 list Reid and Davenport are developments of the year while the others are riders of greater experience Of those tuat figured prominently a year ago Joe Nottcr and Walter Miller have joined the ranks of the American riders who are pursuing their vocation in Europe and others that failed to retain their prominence have been forced out in the natural order of things as a result of declining skill Following is a tabulation of the records of those riders who succeeded jiupllfcting ten or more winners during 1909 3d Unp Won 114 2115 131455 120 300 41595 98 340 154930 138 400 00215 122 409 55910 100 350 04510 107 489 489SO 04895 04895100i55 SO 279 100i55 95 311 80388 79 305 40555 95 222 49080 107 307 30585 03 134 00005 84 201 25025 127 474 44940 70 315 00505 91 412 412SO 57075 SO 323 995i5 09 287 40790 89 29C fi3952 90 435 3COG5 32 814 10320 99 202 20550 SO 328 47235 52 185 18435 02 150 15705 72 201 39815 97 473 30240 00 250 15835 82 303 15215 40 S34 32415 it 2oj 15 85 02 280 54 153 04 215 45 137 50 225 32 117 43 247 47 135 58 279 53 218 40 189 40 209 55 324 42 1813 51 144 8 205 49 375 45 203 t3 245 Ganz E Sullivan D McCarthy J Wilson W Brooks BrooksE E Haynes Cavanaugh Moudon Warren Otis Mountain Kirschbaum J Brooks Troxler Upton A Thomas 3d Unp 41 192 50 178 23 107 41 200 40 181 34 262 18 113 38 199 41 172 22 95 22 110 41 155 30 171 20 140 20 81 2i 191 32 138 27 147 30 194 1C 90 21 83 21 109 20 109 S Davis 187 187Kederis Kederis 100 100Nicol Nicol 102 102Nottcr Nottcr 50 50Miiuro Miiuro 144 144Donvitz Donvitz 101 101A A Martin 125 125Pendergast Pendergast 148 148Russell Russell 245 245Roonev Roonev 111 111HinchclilTe HinchclilTe 155 155A A Burton 109 109W W Kelly 99 99Ilaiinan Ilaiinan 318 318T T Bums 1ii 1iiJ J Bergen 211 211Jarrett Jarrett 818 818Anderson Anderson 131 131Eisenzaph Eisenzaph 18S 18SKent Kent 47 47D D Riley 159 159Ramsey Ramsey 120 0 Williams 84 84Ural Ural 173 173Whiting Whiting 158 158Solden Solden 149 149Drever Drever 144 144Christie Christie M MGargan Gargan 140 140Franklin Franklin 215 215Klein Klein 114 114Manders Manders 93 93Biixton Biixton 15t 15tJ J Cdllahan181 Cdllahan181Goose Goose 109 109A A Lang 138 138McEwen McEwen 155 155I I Murphy 75 75Tullett Tullett 102 102Donovan Donovan 104 104J J Frasch 87 87W W Glass 91 91Ileidel Ileidel 154 154McClnskey McClnskey 88 88McCnllough McCnllough 150 150Bevan Bevan 87 87C C Brown 113 113W W Gross 5S 5SHufnagel Hufnagel 137
