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LOFTUS PREMIER JOCKEY • — • Earns Title by Best Riding Average for Past Eight Years. « Sets Seal to His Fame During Racing of 1919 — Best Averages of Last Year. ♦ in nil llio arts of high-class horsemanship John Lrftas was the best Jockey rMiag over the American tracks during the vc-ir 1»1!». Furthermore. Ijdtus lia-, been the premier lid. a- of this country for the past eight yearn. TMa conclusion is arrived .1 by moans of tin- .jockey percentage tabic — tlio true tost of a riders ability. In 1912 I.ofttts per-i imtnge of winning mounts was ,24, in 1913 .- . in 1314 .-7. iii 1919 .25, in 1919 .94. in 1917 .1*7. in 1918 .90, while in 1«1!» lie surpassed all liis prevloun .i iiievcnicnts and sot the seal to his fame by finishing the year with tlio splendid average of .37. In tact, 1919 was I.oftus gr.-at.-t year on the turf. a- witli but few exceptions all the richest turf prises of the year fell to horses riddon by Mm. lb- rode Sir Barton in the Kentucky Derby and Prenkness Stakes. Man o War in the Futurity, Hopeful and other stakes. Leftas novor had the di-liiicliou of handing the jockey list iii matter of i.ccs won in any year of his brilliant career on tiie turf, the closest he came to that honor licing in V. 12. when he fini-hed fourth. In recent years hi-. Weigh! has prevented him from ecceptiag as many teiiiiits- .is his younger rivals, his rMiag being principally confined to the big metropolitan and .Mary land truck-, with an occasional trip to Kentucky 1 r sonio important stake feature. Anether veteran I Tier to show up well on tlio percentage table of last .ur was V. Knapp. He had considerably fearer mounts than most of the other leading rider*, hie total for the year being eighty -seven, of Which he won twenty-five for the nigh end excellent average of Lit. Knapp. like Lofton, was always in flu mend to ride ill important stakes whenever he . uld make the weight, B. Tiiplin seemed destined to have a W lerfil season in the saddle, when stis- p iision brought " an end his riding activities, with the result that he only rode in thirty-nhi ■ races. of which ho won thirteen for an average of 93. V. .1. OBrien.** saddle engagements fulfilled num-licrod eighth-eight, and .is he was successful twenty-six limes he finished the year with the third highest averaee. .31. Of the riders who were m ore extensively engaged during the year Bnnde had the beat average, his eighty winners out of 898 mounts string him tin averaee of .23. Considering the large i. umber of mounts C. Bsheason had during the Mar. numbering S9»i. his nrernge of .21 is indeed H markable. as an- the record* or I.. rater, I-. In- r and 1. Kummor. Of the jockeys who idle 1919 the following had ten or more winners daring th" best Overages for the year: whey. Mte. 1st. 3d. 3d. Una. P.C. I I.oftus 177 dr. St M -.-J -L E Taplin 99 13 111 4 1J M 97 .1. OBrien s* 29 13 11 88 .ici W » 1" W. Knapp -:- -» •-" .1 McBride SB 25 12 14 8j .-N P. Martinez 7! SI 1» 11 -« •- r. Thompson V!t 19 SO !i 31 -21 i:. Smith 54 13 11 11 1" •- K Sunde 340 "-"I «I "s in -:! C Kairbrother 172 33 33 S3 38 .23 A. Rchnttinger 22t» 49 43 21 19T .22 c Robinson 890 l!»n 145 129 43.", .21 1 fater 999 123 103 83 2S! .21 i Baaor 331 7i 4.". 41 17s .21 C. Kuiiinur 3*9 83 :■!» •.! 107 .21 C. MoCorklo 232 1 12 7 .".3 .20 .1. ParuMdy 34 « ■ s : 4 •-" .lohn I.oftus not only finished the year 101! with the highest percentage of winning mount-, but also won More money in slakes and purs,- than any other jockey riding last year. It was not tie- first lime that Loflii- accomplished th.- .alter feat, as ,• was the leader in that respect in 1913, when the horses he rode won 384.999. That *san looks insignificant compared t-. the 3252,791 won by tin- borers ridden by Loftns last year. However. 1913 wa- one of the lean years of the turf and 1919 one f lie Mast pi ibjui lewi of tin- lending rider- of last year there were twenty-five who won for their employers oxer 339,999, nine of them winning over 9109,999. I.. Pater wa- second to Loftns in Oris reaped with a total of 3513,931, and C. Kohinson. the leading rider of the year, third with 3201.282. The voter:,n jockey 97. K na pp i- the only rider on I bin li-t With less than Km mount-, but a- the creator somber of hi- twenty five victories were •chirred in stake races hi- total winning- amounted I,, ss.2 171 The foil.. wing is a list of jockeys who u ,-r 350.000 each in stakes end purse- with horses they rode daring 1919, the number of mounts of each being given, together with the niimhtr of winners, percentage sad money wen: loekey Mounts, l-t. P.C. "Fan. 177 ,i: :i7 -v--7,,T J. Lofton , ,;.„„,. . a* 13 .-l ;iao5i i. Bobinsoa 889 190 .21 201.282 T. Murray 832 1-7 .19 140.562 . Kummer :««• s- -1 :5M: :. Sande J49 W .23 120.042 "" n!n44 1.. Bnoor :« -1 II. Tlmrbor "-- s: 10 1"7"!,s R Ambrose **» 59 .17 101.791 II. l.un-ford 933 KNi .10 90,384 •VV. Knapp s" -" f !«."» I. Bice « 71 .16 is.-is,; -»•»•» ~" s»"l .1. Itutwell -1 s Boyle «« ,;T ll 7,is:,:! H p,,ol 327 : •*. -17 70.894 M. Gamer 4 » 91 .14 7o.iki2 «V . Kol miv 3«i 58 .15 99,088 ,. s.hutiing.r 22t 49 22 98.911 r. Palrbrother 172 39 .23 83.910 A Johnson ■ *«» :;» " "M94 T. Nolan 323 o2 .19 91,910 II. Han, Hi ii 359 53 .15 58.988 I,, i.vke 333 31 .12 58.499 D. Connolly 147 5» .13 58JB3 M. Buxton 287 40 .15 50,239
