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BARTELSTEIN BIG WINNER • Leads Tanforan Owners Through Victories of Polydorus. ♦ Aged Scimitar One of Surprises of Meeting, Joining Gallant Sir, Fana Franka in Winning Western Stakes. A. Bartelstein had the best winning combination, so far as purse values were concerned, at Tanforan during the spring meeting, and his total of winnings, amounting to 4,645, was almost double that of his nearest rival, the#Oak Tree Stable. The latter won an even dozen races to Bartel-steins nine, but through the stake successes of Polydorus the Bartelstein establishment was an easy leader in money won. Polydorus, a Friar Rock four-year-old, won five races, including the Oakland Claiming Handicap, worth ,495, the Gov. James Rolph, Jr., Handicap, worth ,025, and the Au Revoir Handicap, worth ,605. The Oak Tree Stable won ,750 with its twelve firsts, five seconds and nine thirds in cheaper events. Polydorus won ,425 in his five winning starts, more than twice as much as any other horse. J. W. Marchbanks two-year-old Xingu was second, winning ,225, with two victories and two thirds. The Marchbank stable was third in the list of owner winnings. Other conspicuous winners in the Bartelstein stable were Sidney Grant and Yonkel, the latter winning the Derby Candidates Handicap. The big surprise of the meeting was the aged Scimitar, which had finished third to Phar Lap and Reveille Boy in the Agua Caliente Handicap. After running second to Bahamas in the Inaugural Claiming Handicap at Tanforan, he won the first running of the Spring Special Handicap, defeating the best field of handicap horses that could be assembled at the. California track. He paid the equivalent of nearly twenty to one. The three-year-old Gallant Sir, a Kentucky Derby starter, and the juvenile Pana Franka were other stake winners at Tanforan, and some of the best performers in the plater division were C. D. Henleys Freight Clerk, C. B. Irwins Gabbo and C. Holts Ante Bel-lum. The three-year-old Joe Flores won ,800 for S. H. Lee. Tanforans spring meeting lasted for thirty-eight days, during which there was a total distribution of 27,590, or a daily average of ,989.21. The following owners won ,000 or more each: Owner. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Amt. Bartelstein, A 9 8 3 4,645 Oak Tree Stable 12 5 9 7,750 Marchbank, J. W 8 1 4 6,450 Northway Stable 6 8 4 6,405 Whitehill, L. T 9 5 3 5,275 Baroni, A. A 9 2 2 5,025 Palmer, H. T 8 4 5 4,800 Mikel, J. D 5 6 5 4,795 Irwin, C. B 7 6 6 4,350 OConnell, E 7 5 9 4,125 The following horses won ,000 or more each: Horse. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Amt. Polydorus 5 0 0 ,425 Pana Franka 2 2 0 3,225 Xingu 2 0 2 3,225 Joe Flores 2 2 1 2,800 Sidney Grant 2 2 1 2,550 Panda 4 1 1 2,450 Yonkel 1 2 1 2,370 Freight Clerk 4 2 0 2,275 Ante Bellum . 4 1 0 2,250 Scimitar 1 1 0 2,195 Gabbo 4 1 3 2,125 Ono 3 2 2 2,100 The following jockeys rode ten or more winners: Jockey. Mts. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Unp. P.C Longden, J 208 30 25 19 134 .14 Smith, G 166 30 16 24 96 .18 Wright, W 157 28 30 21 78 .18 Jones, R 132 24 18 25 65 .18 Matt, B 124 20 20 14 74 .16 Maiben, J 68 19 6 10 33 .28 Reno, T 106 16 19 13 58 .15 Molter, W 121 10 12 12 87 .08 The following trainers saddled five or more winners: Trainer. Wins. Trainer. Wins. Hartman, W 12 Irwin, C. B 7 Unna, H 10 Jones, A. L 7 Baroni, A. A 9 Lee, L. 0 7 Whitehill, L. T.. . . 9 Buck, W. D 6 Hoag, H. W 8 Mikel, J. D 5 Palmer, H. T 8 Finnegan, W. B.. . 5 See, W 7 Syufy, M. E 5 Horning, T 7 Walters, H 5 Following are the stakes that were decided: Stake. Date. Winner. Value. Tanforan Spring Special Handicap, April 9, Scimitar ,945 Bay Area Claiming Handicap, April 16, Gallant Sir ,630 Oakland Claiming Handicap, April 23, Polydorus ,495 Derby Candidates Handicap, April 30, Yonkel ,520 Tanforan Juvenile Championship, April 30, Pana Franka ,325 Gov. James Rolph Jr., Handicap, May 7, Polydorus ,025 Pacific Coast Juvenile Championship, May 14, Xingu ,475 Au Revoir Handicap, May 14, Polydorus ,605 The percentage of winning favorites was above normal, as shown in the subjoined tabulation: Number of days 38 Number of races 304 Winning favorites 129 Winning second choices 59 Winning outsiders 116 Winners at odds-on 22 Defeated at odds-on 0 Percentage of winning favorites. ..i.j, .42
