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STABLE RECORDS OF THE THIRTY LEADING MONEY WINNING OWNERS IN THE RACING OF THIS YEAR Last year the 08578 won by A K Macombers horses sufficed to make him the leading winning owner of 1917 This year his horses won tlie considerably greater aggregate of 95204 but despite this gain second place is his station in the record of 1918 The stable of Commander J K L Ross raised its 2219fi of last year to 99179 and thereby placed its master in the proud eminence of leading Ameri ¬ can owner for a year H p Whitneys stable earnings increased from 858515 to 70309 which sufficed to give him third place In fact for quite a time before the close of the racing campaign it was appar ¬ ent that these three owners were to be the leaders the only point of doubt being as to whether first place was to fall to Ross or Macomber J AA McClelland is fourth in the list through the prowess of his crack twoyearold Eternal his modest stable returns of 4091 in 1917 swelling to the comfortable sum of GO7G5 AV R Coe had his most prosperous year as a turfman in lauding fifth place Wil ¬ liams Bros come next and were first among the strictly western owners is T AVilson did better than in 1917 and the good judgment that led AA S Kilmer to buy Exterminator prevented his stable returns from declining greatly in comparison with the previous year P A Clark E B McLean AV F Pol son S C HiWreth F D AAeir and R L Bresler are owners who greatly increased their stable earn ¬ ings while Jefferson Livingston and G W Loft show substantial losses Tlie lameness of Colonel Aen nie had much to do with Livingstons case while the utter failure of Papp to reproduce his two yearold form accounts for the other falling off A few of the owners in the leading thirty have horses in racing at the winter tracks but most of them have retired their racers for the winter and the rec ¬ ords of the lucky ones are now nowWon Won in Leading Winner AAon in Leading Winner 1917 Owner in 1917 1st 2d 3d 1918 in 1918 22190 J K L Ross Priscilla Mullens 04 52 57 19179 Cudgel 08578 A K Macomber Sunbonnet 50 41 32 95204 AVnr Cloud 58515 H P AVhitney Rosie OGnidy 33 30 1C 70309 Johren 4091 J AV McClelland June Bug 11 13 7 00705 Eternal 15280 AV R Coe Town Hall 30 30 31 58228 Sweep On 22822 AVilliams Bros Sedan 74 45 43 54310 Sun God 40929 R T AVilson Straight Forward 28 35 35 50527 Hannibal 04902 AV S Kilmer Sun Briar 12 11 10 50303 Exterminator 40702 J E AVideuer Naturalist 29 30 29 42209 Naturalist 4845 PAClark Battle 13 10 5 42111 Dunboyne 20184 J Sanford Stitch in Time 21 12 21 3794T George Smith 32940 E R Bradley Blind Baggage 30 44 34 37087 Batter Cake 8040 E B McLean Leochares 29 28 23 35905 Leochares 0809 AA F Poison Bac 24 19 25 3471O Billy Kelly 13205 B J Brannon Suuceler 27 2C 10 33011 Colonel Livingston 50813 J Livingston Colonel Aennie 34 45 42 32707 Major Parke 34932 Brighton Stable TSppity AAitchet 27 12 16 32389 Lord Brighton 10009 Quiiier Stable Barry Shannon 28 24 15 3055 Compadre 41010 A Miller Roamer 13 15 8 30039 Roamer Roamer5407U 5407U G AAV Loft PappV V i21 24 24 2925T Fleping Sheik Sheik1485fAV 1485fAV E Applegate Jack Hare Jr 12 4 4 25741 Iffack Hans Jr 17970 R F Carman Startling 25 20 18 20170 Startling 8811 S C Hildreth r Deckmate 20 30 10 20117 Regal Lodge 21090 J O Talbott Icarus 32 25 28 22558 Kentucky Boy 13472 K Spence I Hodgc 38 33 25 22531 Bigtodo 9544 F D AAeir Uendrie 20 13 27 22384 Toto 20849 Ri Parr thaiinon River 25 18 29 22352 Esquimau Triple EsquimauTriple Springs Farm 27 12 15 21281 Pen Rose 10055 J F Sweeney v Hauberk 21 14 12 21207 Hauberk 2785 R J Bresler Merchant 28 18 20 20770 Jock Scot