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r---------------------------------------------------t 1 LINUS "PONY" McATEE RETIRES AS RIDER j NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 1. Linus "Pony" McAtee, for years one of Americas foremost riders, has retired from the saddle. He plans to rest this winter, spending the season iiuFlorida golfing, as has been his custom. Next year he may apply for a trainers license. McAtees decision to hang up his tack was not prompted by difficulty in making weight. He has ridden this year at 106 pounds. He finds riding duties too exacting. His contract with the Marshall Field R. L. Gerry stable expires this year. During his long career as a jockey, McAtee has piloted the winners of the majority of Americas most important stakes. He won the Futurity three times, Mother Goose, 1924; High Strung, 1928, and Jamestown, 1930. He won the Kentucky Derby twice, on Whiskery, 1927, and Clyde Van Dusen, 1929. His first important stake victory was in the Preakness in 1916, when he had the mount on J. K. L. Ross Damrosch. He piloted Macaw in the dead heat with Nedana, Fator up, in the 1926 renewal of the Carter Handicap. Other slakes won by McAtee, some of them several times, included the Adirondack, Agua Caliente Derby, Alabama, Astoria, Babylon, Bayshore, Broadway, Brookdale, Champaigne, Champlain, Clover, Colorado, Continental, Demoiselle, Edgemere, Empire City Derby, Empire City Handicap, Fashion, Flash, Fleet Wing, Gazelle, Grab Bag, Grand Union, Great American, Harford, Havre de Grace Cup, Hudson, Huron, Inter-borough, Jerome, Juvenile, Keene Memorial, Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes, Kentucky Oaks, Kings County, Laurel, Manhattan, Matron, Maturity, Metropolitan, Mount Kisco, Pierrepont, Pimlico Fall Serial, Pimlico Futurity, Pimlico Home Bred, Presidents Plate, Queens County, Rosedale, Sanford, Saratoga Cup, Saratoga Special, Schuylerville, Shevlin, Spring, Swift, Tomboy, Travers, Tremont, United States Hotel, Whitney, Withers and Yonkers. In all McAtee had 5,742 mounts and rode 930 winners. The amount of money won by the horses he rode reached the huge sum of ,442,682. His complete record follows: Year. Mts. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Unpld. P.C. Amount. 1914 ; 55 4 6 6 39 .07 $ 1915 392 46 60 47 239 .12 28,885 1916 578 63 66 68 381 .11 47,537 1917 352 33 41 63 215 .09 26,477 1918 409 54 57 53 245 .13 48,732 1919 232 33 32 31 136 .14 44,422 1920 , 344 40 53 43 209 .12 74,610 1921 452 58 66 70 -258 .13 129,400 3922 : 395 79 71 54 191 .20 179,200 1923 ...... 489 123 83 79 204 .25 260,859 1924 388 72 58 58 200 .19 206,060 1925 . 319 48 52 41 178 .15 114,565 1926 269 69 38 41 121 .26 273,055 2927 113 19 17 24 53 .17 84,245 1928 .. 235 55 43 25 112 .24 301,295 1929 263 47 52 40 124 .18 228,355 1930 179 45 29 30 75 .25 253,705 3931 - ...193 30 20 43 100 .12 113,430 "1932 85 12 10 10 53 .14 27,850 Total 5,742 930 853 826 3,133 .16 ,442,682
