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• i ■ i • I ; , i 1 ■ • I , . I J I A BUTWELLS FINE RECORD Veteran Rider Has Ridden 1,268 Winners Dur-ing Fifteen Consecutive Years of Racing. James Bntwcll. one of the real veterans of tho American turf, has an enviable record to show for his fifteen consecutive years of active participation in our racing. His name first appeared in our records in 1007 and he has seen continuous service each year since, even in 1918, when he enlisted to fight for Incle Sam in the Great World War. During those fifteen years Butwell has had 0,254 mounts and ridden 1.20S winners and won over ,000,000 in stakes and purses. Strange to relate, it was not until 1020 that Butwell realized the ambition of every rider to head the American jockey list of the year. In 1909 he was third to Vincent Powers and George Archibald with 153 winning mounts, one more than he had in 1920 when he attained the premier honors. In 191.! Butwell finished in fourth place with 144 winning mounts, one less than to the credit of C. Gross, who had oser 200 more mounts than Butwell. That and the following year were Butwells best from a percentage standpoint, the true test of a jockeys ability. In 1914 his percentage was .25 and .23 in 1915. In eight of the fifteen years Butwell has been in the saddle his percentage of winning mounts has been .20 or over and his general average for the entire period is .20, a creditable record indeed. Here is Butwells record from 1907 to 1921 inclusive, a record of which he may justly feel proud: Year. Mts. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Unp. P.C. Amount. 1907 60 10 K 7 37 .17 $ 4,450 1908 93 10 12 12 59 .11 7.640 IBM 745 153 1.54 98 340 .21 154.930 1910 CM 92 75 79 180 .21 88,080 1911 174 40 30 17 87 .23 19,570 1912 H84 144 122 110 308 .21 79,843 1913 029 107 145 107 270 .17 71,20 1914 570 144 90 89 241 .25 114.122; 1915 443 103 77 Ki 200 .23 83,024 1910 400 82 97 65 222 .18 73,353 1917 ....404 78 77 54 195 .19 124,370 tl918 ... 23 4 1 7 11 .17 1,800 1919 449 77 80 60 232 .17 78.615 »1920 ...721 152 129 139 301 .21 216,743 1921 307 72 75 63 157 .20 146.182 Totals 6,254 1.268 1.176 970 2,840 .20 ,203,090 •Leading jockey for year. U918 served in army. , _j
