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JOCKEY KUMMER IN POPULAR FAVOR NEW YORK N Y July 15 Jockey C Rum ¬ mers temporary absence from the saddle due to a shoulder fracture sustained when his mount Costly Colours fell during the running of the sixth race at Aqueduct Monday is regretted by turfmen and public alike who have come to regard the rider as an integral cog of the greatest of all racing machines Man o War This is not meant to con ¬ vey the impression that without Kummer the Kiddle colt would be less great but only that the spoken name of the horse is immediately asso ¬ ciated with Rummer his rider and witli this com ¬ bination have turf followers become familiar Last year mention of Man o War instantly recalled Loftus and so it has been through racings pages the names of one rider horses are legion Recently we have had Sun Briar and Knapp Itoamer and Butwell later Schuttinger Cudgel and Lyke Billy Kelly and Sande Short Grass and Keogli Boots and Fairbrother Pennant and Not ter Flying Fairy and Davies Friar ISock and Ilaynes and others A decade or so ago there were Itoseben and Shaw Domino and Taral Sysonby and Nicol although this champion was ridden by Red fern Shaw and Martin Colin and Miller Irish Lad and N Turner Sir Martin and J Lee Ilermis and Rice and Salvidere and Scwell Combinations of horses and rider such as these have always proved popular with the public Rummers handling of Man o War this year has been beyond reproach although but one oppor ¬ tunity the Dwyer presented where skillful riding was requisite Man o Wars speed carries him to the front early but that he could win as it has been said with a sack of wheat on his bac is not taken seriously With Kummer the three yearold has won the Preakness at Pimlico tlw Withers at Relmont Park The Belmont Stakes it Belmont Park the Stuyvesant Handicap at Ja ¬ maica and the Dwyer Stakes at Aqueduct Rum ¬ mers riding record from January 1 to July 12 when for a time his riding activities ceased is us follows followsMounts Mounts First Second Third Unplaced PerCent 172 32 35 34 29 19 Kummer has been riding at or over 110 pounds
