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LEADING STEEPLECHASE RIDERS. !■ 1814 there was a tie tor first place in the list of soeeesufn] steeplechase riders between W. Allen and I". Ilayncs. with a credit to each of having ridden fifteen winners. It was radically different in 1915. when F. Williams ended the jumping campaign far out in1 front with the good score of twenty-eight wins. Be is an accomplished rider through the field and won his leadership by superior horsemaanhin. W. Allen finished second to him with eleven victories mid then, to keep up the fashion of 1915 in some measure. E. Wolke and M. Tight finished in a tie for third place with ten winning mounts each. The records of the riders who rode one or more winners in this difficult and dangerous style of racing in 1915 are shown in the following tabulation: Steeplechase Jockey Mts. 1st. 2d. 3d.Unp.P.C. Won. Williams F 77 2S IS 16 15 .30 0,963 Allen. W 46 11 0 6 23 .24 8.480 Wolke. E 43 10 11 1 21 .23 11.210 Tighe, M 22 10 5 1 6 .45 8.2-15 OConnor. M 43 8 15 7 13 .19 6.810 Henderson, M 36 7 9 7 13 .19 4.640 Havnes, B 48 7 9 4 28 .15 6. MB Tuckev, T 27 7 7 1 12 .26 5.095 Powers. V 29 7 6 6 10 .24 0.155 Franklin, L 21 6 4 0 5 .29 4.790 Lee. A 25 5 4 5 11 .20 3.240 Boyle. II 13 5 1 4 3 .38 3.515 Murphv. W 23 5 1 2 15 .22 82870 Waugh, R 30 4 0 4 16 .13 3.230 Brooks. N 26 4 5 7 10 .15 2. 7 Crawford. H 24 4 4 4 12 .17 2.590 Jolly. J 14 4 3 2 5 .29 2.425 Smith. J 44 4 1 9 88 .09 2.430 Kvan. J 27 3 6 3 15 .11 2.280 Rassell, J 24 3 2 4 15 .12 1.915 Booth. W 28 2 7 5 14 .07 2.080 Chandler. T 1!» 2 4 4 9 .11 1.185 Gad.lv. 1 34 2 3 10 19 .06 1.800 P.rvant. P. 24 2 3 3 10 .OS 1.580 Clark. J 21 2 2 4 13 .10 1.180 Gilbert, R 7 2 2 I 2 .29 1.090 Stevenson. S 24 2 1 3 18 .OS 1.335 Koemer, C 11 2 i 2 6 .is 1.090 Kermath. J 7 2 0 1 4 .29 1.275 Donee, J 32 14 4 2:: .03 1. 100 Williams. J 24 1 4 2 17 .04 1.300 Williams. II 30 1 3 7 19 .03 1.870 Scullv. R S 1 3 O 4 .12 905 Parrette. T 8 1 2 O 5 .12 725 Burke. E 10 1 2 $ 7 .10 705 Gasklns, T 12 1 1 4 6 .os 90o Stretch, A 6 1 1 2 2 .17 375 Walker. B 5 1 1 1 2 .20 675 Bowser. G 10 1 1 0 8 .10 450 Howard. T 3 1 0 1 1 .33 600 Bow til. J 4 1 0 1 2 .25 435 Kennedy, S 2 1 o o i .50 495 OBrien. T 4 1 0 0 3 .25 1.355 Noo. W 5 1 0 0 4 .20 775
