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• I ! j I j j i ! LEADING AMERICAN JOCKEYS Gilbert Elston made a big gain on J. Gilbert last week by riding seven winners, moving up within nine winners of the leader. J. McLarens nine winners was nigh for the week, with R. Martin right behind him with eight. Gilberts big lead stood him in good stead during the week of idleness. The first three in the jockey standings are tied in the matter of percentage, Gilbert, Elston and Mills having a mark of .23. t Following are the records of the thirty leading American jockeys from January 1 up to and including the racing of last Saturday: Last Jockey. Mts. 1st. 2d. 3d. Unp.P.C Wk. Gilbert, J 499 114 68 67 250 .23 0 Elston, G ... .450 105 89 60 196 .23 7 Mills, H 418 98 83 66 171 .23 3 Smith, G 499 92 58 57 292 .18 0 Coucci, S 421 85 53 70 213 .20 4 ■Reno, T 465 70 78 49 268 .15 4 Robertson, A.... 300 65 54 43 138 .22 3 Hanford, B 358 64 51 46 197 .18 5 iLongden, J 324 54 35 29 206 .17 0 Jones, R 264 49 41 42 132 .19 0 McLaren, J 303 49 40 41 173 .16 9 McCoy, J 310 49 30 48 183 .16 4 Wright, W 388 47 51 49 241 .12 0 Smith, J. W 274 46 30 37 161 .17 0 Meade, D 386 46 50 53 237 .12 2 Landolt, C 263 46 34 26 157 .18 2 Neel, J 371 44 22 41 264 .12 4 Lewis, M 293 43 35 35 180 .15 1 Ensor, L 323 41 35 29 94 .21 0 King, C 323 41 35 38 209 .13 7 Montgomery, R 340 39 48 42 211 .11 1 Allen, C. E . .228 38 39 23 128 .17 5 Matt, B 280 34 38 29 179 .12 1 Workman, R....131 32 13 20 66 .24 3 Roderick, T 268 31 41 40 156 .12 0 Dupuy, M 257 31 35 23 168 .12 2 Martin, R 167 31 22 16 98 .19 8 Salazar, T 244 30 26 34 154 .12 3 Cochlin, J 229 27 29 21152 .12 0 Corbett, C 214 27 25 28 134 .13 2 Garner, W 219 27 28 35 129 .12 2
