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LEADING AMERICAN JOCKEYS FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS The contention so often heard that the jockeys of the present day are by no means to be compared in skill and nullity with saddle stars of the past whose feats illume the annals of the turf world seem to be borne out by a study of the tabulation which Dally Racing Form today presents embracing the record of those American jockeys who rode one hundred or more winners in the eight yeslrs beginning with 1907 and ending with 1014 It is significant tliatvallhongh C II Shilling has not ridden since 1912 in which year he ost his license he should still head the list for the i erlod covered by the compilation with a record that tar surpasses that of any of the Jockeys who have been riding continuously That Shilling was the best of the jockeys who have ridden in America since the days of Walter Miller is generally conceded Ills per ¬ centage of 21 for the six years included In the table below affords Incontestable proof of his outstanding ability T ButwcIJ T McCahey and E Martin are those who most closely follow Shilling Bntwell is ae counted a highly capable jockey and McCahey at times shows good form in the saddle Martin is not riding us well nowadays as he once did The lluctilating fortunes of the leading jockeys of North America during the years named and the amounts won by them lor horsemen who made use of their services are herewith 1007 iOOS 1009 1910 1911 1912 1913 Jockeys C II Shilling 29 rr0l3S J But well J McCahey E Martin V Powers E Dngan 1 1E E Taplin M Buxton V Miller G liurns G Molesworth tv Musgrave A Plckens J Notter C Gross T Koerner Keogh C Turner R Goose G Archibald J Lee I IA A Walsh J Loftus J Ktderis D NIcol R Tioxler J Callahan T Rice M McGee P Goldstein J Glass G Garner C Grand 1 McCarthy N Kennedy C Burlingamo J Deavenport P Hill II Cavanangh J Howard C Borel C Kirgchhaum J McTaggart J Wilson G Warren J Red C Ross J Drever i R McDanicl C Peak W Fischer R Mentry C Van Dusen R Small G Byrne J Murphy E Smith V Jackson i W Obert J Mclntyre W Hopkins J Butler G Coburn S Page J Groth U Boland C Ganz A Schuttiuger E McEwen R Solden C Knight C Koeruer T McTaggart J Henry M Preston O Mountain 1 1R R Scovlllc O Fain L Gentry I IW W Mondon C Riddle B Steelo II Skirvin Iycurgus C Gilbert C Fairbrother A Thomas W W Taylor S Davis R Hoffman W OBrien J Bergen H Rettlg J Hanover G Glasner F Teahan A Nylon G Moreland 3 3T T Sand A Vesper D Austin 31 Matthews R Carter C Garner G Corey K GrIUIn W Gargan J McBride R Estep F Anderson J Smyth II Wolfe W Singleton J Rooney W Knapp 1 Lander I Murphy E Ambrose R Pauley W Kelly W Rosen i iJ J Robblns B Forsy tli J Upton W Leeds A Harris J Pendergast W Gangel G Bezanson J Donovan W Ormes J Frach T Smith A Martin A Minder Ai Mott i iI I Denny W Taylor A Delaby C Russell T McCullongh
