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• I j j FOUR BIG TENS IN 1919 RACING J. K. L. ROSS THE LEADING OWNER, SIR BARTON CHIEF MONEY-WINNING HORSE, CLIFFORD ROBINSON LEADER OF THE JOCKEYS, WITH K. SPENCE AND H G. BED WELL HEADING THE TRAINERS With lie total of money to be raced for in 1919 so greatly exceeding the similar total of 1918 it was but natural that the leading winning owners and horses should gather returns Without precedent in recent years. As the leading owner of the year Commander J. K. L. Ross can well be proud of an aggregate of stable earnings not even closely approached since 1908. when the wonderful James R. Kcene stable won 82,340. More significant still of the abounding prosperity of American racing in 1919 is the fact that in finishing second the stable of Sam Ilildreth won the great sum of 59,075, which itself has not been exceeded by the leading winner in any other year than 1919 since 1909, in which the same owners horses gave • im the leadership and S159.112. It is noticeable that eight of the ten leading owners of 1919 showed gains in stable earnings over the previous year, the exceptions being the stables of W. K. Cm and R. T. Wilson, the falling off in their cases being but slight. The ten leaders, their totals and the comparison with 1918, are: Won in Leading Winner Won in Leading Winner 1918 Owner in 1918 1st. 2nd. 3rd. 1919 in 1919 S99.179 J. K. L. Ross Cudgel G4 41 34 09,303 ... On Watch 26.117 S. C. Hildreth Regal Lodge 61 32 15 159,075. . .The Porter 70.309 H.P.Whitney Johren 46 41 16 92,308. . .Sir Barton 2.357 Glen Riddle Farm. . Brentwood 14 4 8 87,876. . Mad Hatter 42.269 J. E. Widener Naturalist 30 22 21 65,054 . . . Vexatious 22,352 R. Parr Esquimau 45 36 36 61,457 . . . Man o War 58 .228 W. R. Cm Sweep On 38 40 28 55,928 . . . Naturalist 50,527 R.T.Wilson Hannibal 23 26 16 48,185. . .Blazes 29,253 G. W. Loft Fleeing Sheik ...28 30 27 45.617. . .Cleopatra 35.905 J. F. Schorr Leochares 22 15 8 39,201 . . . Hannibal E. B. McLean. Two splendid young horses which adorned the racing of 1919 each won more money than has fallen to any leading money winning horse since the magnificent Colin amassed 31,007 in 1907. The leader was the three-year-old Sir Barton with 8,250, and second was the grand two-year-old Man o War with 3,325. It is worth noting that since Colins year the winner of the greatest sum prior to 1919 was Sir Bartons half brother, Sir Martin, which as a two-year-old in 1908 won 8,590. Mad Hatter, with his total of 4,991, is third to Sir Barton and Man o War, his total also gieatly exceeding that to the credit of a number of the leaders of the last eight years. Worth being the leader in 1911 with 6,645, Star Charter in 1312 with 4,655. Old Rosebud in 1913 with 9,057. Roamer in 1914 with 9,105, Borrow in 1915 with 0,195 and Campfire in 1916 with 9,735. As a matter of fact, every one of the big ten in this list won more than most of the leaders of the lean racing years cited. Purchase, a remarkable racer and well qualified to carry on the line of Ormonde in this counts y, was fourth, chiefly because he was not ready to race when the richest stakes of the year for three year-olds were decided. One two-year-old, six three-year olds, two four-year olds and one five-year-old compose the ten list of chief winning horses, and here it is: Col. and Horse. Sex. Age. Pedigree. Owner. Sts. 1st. 2d. 3d. Unp.Amt. Bit Barton b.e.3 Star Shoot Lady Sterling. . J. K. L. Bom 13 8 3 2 0 8,250 Man o" War. . .ch.c. 2 Fair Play Mahubah Glen Riddle Farm. 10 9 1 0 0 S3.325 Had Hatter b. c. 3 Fair Play Madcap 8. C. Hildreth 7 4 2 10 54.991 Purchase ch.c.3 Ormondalc Cherryola S. C. Hildreth. T . . 11 9 2 0 0 33,710 Vexatious b. f . 3 Peter Pan Contrary H. P. Whitney. .. 4 2 10 1 27.930 Be Frank b. g. 3 Sir John Johnson Frankness . C. M. Garrison. .. 14 3 3 3 5 27.315 Billy Kelly b. g. 3 Dick Welles— Glena J. K. L. Ross 19 9 7 2 1 28,563 Exterminator .ch.g. 4 McGce-Fair Empress W. S. Kilmer. .. .21 9 6 3 3 26,412 Royce Rools. . . . b. g. 4 Salvation — Saintolat W. T. Wilkinson. 21 10 2 2 7 22.940 Midway ch. h. 5 Ballot— Thirty-third C. W. Clark 13 3 2 3 5 22,065 Clifford Robinson was easily the leading jockey of 1919 in number of races won, leading his nearest rival. T. Murray, by an excess of thirv-hrec winning mounts. L. Fator was a £Ood thirtl. On the last day of the year H. Lunsford won the one race needed to give him his record of one hundred winning mounts. Only the four lads named won a hundred races or more, the records of the ten le.iders and the combined value of the money won by them for their employers being: Jockey. Mts. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Unp. P.C. Amt. Robinson. C 896 190 145 126 435 .21 01,282 Murray, T 830 157 103 108 462 .19 140,512 Fator, L 606 129 105 83 289 .21 213.051 Lunsford. H 639 100 84 80 375 .16 96,384 Thurber. H 722 85 110 88 439 .10 107,098 Kummer, C 399 82 59 61 197 .21 137.809 Sande. E 346 80 67 58 141 .23 126,042 Butwell. J 449 77 80 60 232 .17 78.615 Rice. T 462 71 82 75 234 .15 78,986 Ensor, L 334 70 45 41 178 .21 116,044 In the matter of the number of winners of races saddled and sent to he post by any of our trainers, K. Spence was easily first, with H. G. Bedwell comparatively a poor second, in the more important affairs of money won by the horses in their charge Bedwell was away off by himself first, with S. C. Ilildreth an enviable second. The number of races won to the credit of our ten leading trainers in that particular is shown on the left in the tabulation below, while on the right is given the ten leaders in aggregate of money won by horses trained by them: Trainer. Amount. Wins. Trainer. Wins. Amount. Spence. K $ 67,352 96 Bedwell. H. G 63 08,728 Bedwell, H. G 208,728 63 Ilildreth. S. C 60 123,986 Burttschell, W. A. . . . 54.121 62 Feustel, L 14 88.011 Hildreth, S. " 123,986 60 Karrick, W. II 48 67,582 Karrick, W. II 67.582 IS Spence, K 96 67,352 Arthur, J 38,261 41 Howe, Job 16 54,913 Garth. Win 53,884 37 BurUschell. W. A. . . .62 54,121 Hindi, M 47.864 35 Garth. Win 37 53,884 G..|dhl: tt. M 35.710 35 Henley, T. J 23 is is;, Harmon, T. J 27,526 34 111! »ch. M 35 , 47,864
