view raw text
THIRTY LEADING AMERICAN JOCKEYS A feature of the jockeyship of this year is the number of lads unheard of a couple of years back who have been rapidly gaining recognition by their successful work in the saddle In this category are E Sande II Lnnsford L Ensor G Walls C Kummer J Itodrignez F Smith and It Pauley Sande leads them all but L Ensor has attracted the most attention of late and in riding ten winners in last weeks racing scored his hundred in win ¬ ning mounts These boys all seem to give high promise now but it remains to be seen whether any of them is to become a really highclass jockey In recent years we have seen M Garner J Mc Taggart and W Crump do equally great things as lightweight jockeys without justifying their apparent promise later on L Lyke and F Itobinson are about the only ones of the comparatively new crop of riders who have worn well and improved in the arts of horsemanship Of the two Lyke is the leader for 191S and probably is to remain siiti to the end of the year Little F Smith has began tj attract considerable attention and ir riding seven winners at Latonia last week was second to Ensor in that respect The end of Saturdays racing found the records of our thirty leaders to be as follows Jockey Mts 1st id 3d Unp PCLW PCLWLvke Lvke L 755 17S ILIi 10S 347 14 3 3Sande Sande E 707 15S lii 80 47 j 1 1iKobinson iKobinson F 74 153 111 2 S1 Jl 1 1Limsfordil Limsfordil 3 133 141 95 3li7 IS 0 0Ensor Ensor L 101 78 154 li 7 1 10 10Howard Howard J HIK 59 I3 IKi 338 18 1 1Walls Walls G 1S7 S3 SO lit 58 17 3 3Connelly Connelly D 1 i 74 347 11 Kummer C 397 t 4 CO 154 09 1C 1 1Itodriguez Itodriguez J 455 5S 53 ISO 285 S5 13 2 Schuttinger A 317 58 M t9 184 18 0 0Gentry Gentry 4i r ° 4 47 4t 2I 9 1 12 0 0Smith Smith F 3 S 49 40 44 195 15 7 7Pauley Pauley It 173 40 Ii5 33 l M us 0 OBrien W J141 34 31 131 1 Johnson A 4l 4lSimpson til 57 253 10 Simpson It 3315 wl 44 3S 34 1JO 13 McAtee L 3IS 3ISCollins 43 50 48 UU7 1 Collins A C10 1 42 74 SIS 439 07 Taplin E 304 304Pitz Pitz J Loftus J 11 Garner M Mergler C 77 77Itice 34 12XI 28 44 171 12 Itice T 3lS 3lSErickson XI 41 52 202 11 Erickson II i W WMooney 83 18 33 171 13 Mooney J 34i 34iMink 32 32Mink 39 47 228 09 Mink L 1SS 31 31Fairbrother 21 20 JUS US Fairbrother C151 31 31Crump 2i 23 71 1 Crump W 14S 30 25 20 73 o