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; 1 1 ! • 1 1 I i I i i i ■ i i . - 1 . 5 J 1 4 I 5 SUCCESSFUL JOCKEYS OF LAST YEAR. Whether Mack Garner is to become a really hlh-class jockey or not is a matter the next tw af three years will reveal. He was not a high -darts lightweight rider in 1913. but he was not without a measure of ability and was fortunate. The spring and early summer racing over, the Kentucky tracks gave him great opportunities, which he certainly improved. It was there that be gained such a Ions lead that his primacy .in the matt-T of winning mounts was practically unassailable. Later in tin-year he did not do so well and developed a tendency in the matter of .unfair riding that brought kiai several suspensions. However, his leadership was emphatic. J. McCahey was second to him by tbe slender advantage of one more winnini: mount, than J Bntwell, but of this leading trio Butwell was best in all the arts which combine to make, the truly a ■-couiplished jockey. Of all those who rode fBeqaentiy in 1915, Butwell and T. McTaggart were our best riders, .but it may well be doubted whether our present standard of jockeyship is not inferior. One of the best riders of other days. Joseph Hotter, rode in twenty-six races for tbe, Thompson stable-and showed that he had lost no part of the skill, vigor and good judgment that gave him . fame when in his prime as a rider. Even with nothing but good horses to ride it is no small, thing to ride t" a percentage of .38 and win 1,645 in such a small number of mounts. Another rider of superior skil . but grown too heavy to ride except at high weights, was J. Loftus, who. with such mounts as he cond take, had n percentage of .25. It is this matter of percentage that is the true test. of skill in ockey-ship. It is worth noting that J. McTaggart, the lead.-r in 1914. had 7S7 mounts, of which he won 157 for a percentage of .20. while in the way of eani-pari-on. M. Gamer rede ,151 winners out of 775 mounts with the percentage of .P.l. the comparison being slightly in favor of J. McTaggart. who in 1915 dropped back to a, percentage of .11. A bit of consistency was shown by the dependable rider J. Hr-Cahey. who was Second to J. McTaggart in 1811 with a percentage of,. 19 and second to Garner in 1915 with a percentage of .18. He is a good. Stead/ rider, but not brilliant. Young riders who made, a good impression in t * : » -course of the campaign of 1915 were W. Lilley. F. G oper. E. Foal, 1. Lowder. K. Lapaille, T. Pairing-ton and T. Henry. It will be for the g.wxl of tbe turf if they, or some of them, should develop in accordance with their present seeming promise. Some evidence; tending to Spow a dec-line in skill in the saddle of recent years is presented in the c mparatively lower percentages of the lenders since V. Powers rode to a percentage of .25 in 1808 ail .26 in 1867. Still more striking was Walter Millers percentage of .2s in his 2.57s mounts of 1866 and 1907. But Miller was something in the way at i phenomenon in riding skill and. except 0. II Shilling, none like him has cropped up since he dropiwd out. In the racing of 1915. 499 jockeys had mounts on the recognized tracks of North America, of which the- following list of 134 guided ten or tnor.- Winner* and won for their employers the aggregates of money indicated: Joekc.v. Mts. 1st 2d. 3d. Flip. P.C. Won. Garner, M 775 15111s 99410 .19 89tt,U28 McCahey, J 5S7 104 102 so 295 .is 70.520 Bntwell, J 443 1113 77 63 8UU .23 s:;. 2t Lilley, W 663 96 86 82 388 .14 51.872 Mott. A 68S 92 95 97 59S .13 51.715 McTaggart. T. ..392 91 63 45 193 .23 72.72" Pickens. A 521 88 70 72 291 .17 25. v" Cooper, F 51;; s7 88 7020. .17 50.U75 Turner. C 519 88 91 83 366 .17 07.isi McTaggart. J. ..597 88 88 86 34B ,14 5S.770 Gentry, 1 666 85 83 ss 884 .1:; 45.094 Pool. E 471 SO S2 OS 241 .17 47.247 loose. 1! 418 77 69 02 214 .is is.:, so Taplin, K 402 76 76 56 194 .19 34.17» Buxton. M 547 75 SS 73 811 .14 49, no". McDermott, Bus. .423 73 55 64 231 .17 37 SCO Martin. K 433 68 47 54 284 .16 45.134 Lowder. P 574 67 so 87 346 .12 32.435 Schnttinger, A. ...445 60 51 51 277 .15 33.010 Acton. J 584 01 61 K 393 .10 27.35o Metcalf. J 467 59 69 72 267 .13 .Ills! Rice. T 403 SB 57 56 231 .15 32,977 Lapaille. K 452 57 5:; 60 2S2 .13 33.207 Doyle. W 355 56 B6 42 207 .16 IU.2.M Ke.brs. J 275 53 42 40 140 .19 25.sj Robinson, r 470 52 SO 56 2S2 .11 2S :;2 ! McCabe, J 425 52 :;s 32 2sti .12 20,385 Callahan. J 388 51 33 30 174 .Is 38,540 Smyth, J 440 40 68 56 277 .11 38.735 Uross. C 354 49 4S 68 192 .14 15.510 Domlnlck, J 339 49 47 46 197 .14 17,233 Parrington. T. ...277 47 27 21 182 .17 21.10. McAtee, L 392 46 60 47 239 .12 2S.s., Henry. T. ■ 848 40 B0 51 186 .13 17.210 Hinphy. W .".44 46 38 45 225 .13 13,730 OBrien. W. J 294 43 45 47 159 .15 30,205 Shilling. R 315 43 42 36 194 .11 19.74s Wol-tonholm. S. .200 41 31 37 LSI .14 i::.02o Byrne, G 206 41 27 32 lot; .20 34..V: , Ural, W 343 40 43 46 214 .12 18,675 McCnlloogb, T. ...287 40 51 :;»; 177 .14 lose,. Ormes. W 303 40 33 39 191 .1:; 9.2so Havocs. K 2S5 39 34 28 184 .11 15.323 Carter. R 315 30 34 50 100 .12 10,217 Ambrose, E 2 ;4 38 27 38 159 .15 21.536 Loftus. J 154 39 25 21 60 .25 22.070 Cullen, !•; 219 38 28 2s 124 .17 11.115 Troxler, R 234 :;. 27 33 135 .16 ll.otMi Nlin. T 270 3.7 .".1 42 160 .14 11,583 Burns, T. T 128 37 22 15 54 .29 11.550 Gentry, 0 292 SB 88 34 1X4 .12 B.873 Mink. L 229 36 33 23 137 .16 19.023 Keogh, I" 247 36 30 29 152 .15 35.287 Howard. J 335 36 29 31 238 .11 8.710 Claver. A 241 :;4 57 20 141 .1+ 21,075 Taylor, W. W. ...364 33 34 41 236 .09 Is.r.tl Warrington. W 230 32 88 31125 .14 16,183 Murphy. F 504 31 39 42 192 .10 19. 415 Van Dusen. C 341 31 33 20 848 .08 16.27: Stilling. 1 :;01 30 26 30 215 .10 13,700 Molesworth, G. ...304 2-0 SB 59 240 .ox s,70i Stearns. U 269 2S SB 32 170 .10 11.523 Morvs, J 374 28 36 49 261 .07 16.121 Small. R 178 27 2S 33 166 .15 13.384 Meehaa. W 172 27 27 17 161 .16 17.461 Obort. W 245 27 Is 26 174 .11 10.6.... Colcisteiu. P 112 20 15 19 52 .23 17. .■:: Gaas. C 132 25 25 17 67 .19 310 : Haves. T 303 24 40 28 208 .08 I2.X39 Connelly. D 252 24 29 25 174 Jo 1.;, I l Pitz. J 256 21 23 ::2 177 .68 10.1" Jones. C 202 23 25 18 138 .11 U Knight, C 12S 2:: 15 16 71 .Is U.421 Besanson, U 176 22 19 15 111 .13 I.c.iri Feeney, R 1,87 22 13 15 121 .12 0..1O Collins. A 255 21 50 55 ICO .OS 1! . 1 . Peak. C 155 21 20 16 96 .11 .. Warren. G 127 21 20 11 75 .17 ... Dngan, E 65 21 it s 22 .52 1 :. p . Foden, N 203 21 1o 21 151 .]» 1.80 1 Matthews. M 216 28 51 38 129 .10 : ;30 Coleman. F 14u 20 18 IS S2 .11 V7 " Dr.yer. J 150 20 IS 25 SO J:; t.TSi Jenkins, r 136 2 i 1s 1s s i .15 o ::! •; Washer, J 75 20 10 13 86 .27 I ... Hrazel. W 1S7 18 24 26124 .16 t li • Ilartwell. I loo IS is 31 151 .10 0 soo Judy. V Itts 10 16 . «4 .is |0, 21 McEwen. E 91 18 15 8 55 .19 H I Marco. B 142 1s n io 94 .13 5.743 LalTortv, H 165 17 55 26 so .10 8 215 Hanover. J 236 17 S3 20 1 To .07 5.408 lairbroth.r. C. ...133 17 17 15 s4 .15 8,555 Burger, N 125 17 12 11 sj .it .i.ss., Matthews. A S3 17 12 5 51 .26 4.22.5 Vo ling. W 144 16 27 27 71 .11 5.0 :•» Walts. II 116 16 20 15 67 .14 10.470 Hunt. C 159 10 1S 19 106 .10 7. 207 Leeds, W 114 16 17 21 88 .14 3.035 Bstep, R 140 16 16 15 :»:: .11 l.*c»i Gar, R 125 16 16 13 SO .13 4. P. 7 Burliagame C. ...138 16 13 10 88 .12 ll.x3.T1 Corey, v, 150 16 10 13 111 .11 5.221 Hawkins. I sc 16 I 10 53 .19 3.300 Whymark. C 102 ]5 21 SB 166 .68 4.735 Pendergnst, J. ...140 15 is 22 86 .11 5 .;;.-, Grand. C 94 IS 16 15 4S .16 4.591 Dishmon. C 153 18 15 24 88 .10 1.271 Clark. II 152 15 14 22 161 .10 3.870 Hoffman, R 96 15 10 7 0! .16 1.950 Kelsav. W 15S 14 23 9 82 .10 5.60" Deavenport. J. ... 85 14 is 14 SB .16 4.1 Io Forehand. E 170 14 is 12 120 .08 7 ".■; t Nevlon. A Ill 14 15 16 SB .18 s p . -. Shilling. II 84 14 IO 6 51 .17 1 . !7o Buries. T 112 13 11 17 88 .12 Jo. 10 Burns. J 103 13 11 15 63 .13 It; . Andreas, W :h» 1:; 11 5 i;i .1 i 12.KW Steward D lot 13 0 it 74 .12 :■:■■ Murphv. J 116 12 19 17 08 .10 t r . Bauer. J 102 12 13 15 63 .12 :: t ." Palms, A s2 12 11 15 14 .15 4.24*1 Allen. L. 151 11 21 27 so .07 il.V" Targan. W 179 11 22 18 127 .06 4.245 Smith. E 119 11 14 11 83 .08 5. l«5 Oroth, J 98 11 12 It 64 .11 5.500 Ward. W 126 10 IS 12 86 .OS 4,250 Roland. D lis 10 17 25 88 .09 3.3S5 Porel. C 85 10 It 21 38 .12 15.227 Klmrfabauat, c. .. 51 10 11 5 25 .20 2.80R OMahonev. C. ... 96 10 8 B 71 .10 2.280 Notter. J 26 10 B 4 7 .58 CI. 645 Crner. M 51 10 4 11 26 .20 1.615 Miller, C 96 10 2 0 78 .10 3,763
