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SPORTSMANS PARK FIGURES National Jockey Club Distributes 5,500 Among Winning Owners. C. E. Davison First Among Owners and Trainers Jack Alexander Heads the Winning Horses. Owners who participated in the Sportsmans Park meeting, Chicagos new half-mile track, shared 5,500 among them over the nineteen day period of racing from October 10 to October 31. The average for the ninteen days was ,973.68. C. E. Davison had no rivals among the other owners as a money winner, his horses earning ,150, winning twelve races, finishing second in six and third in three. Davison won nearly double the sum credited to S. and G. Gorbet, who were second with ,630. Stuyvesant Peabody did well when his horses earned ,235. The veteran Jack Alexander made the best showing among the horses with money winnings of ,900. Pollys Folly was next with ,445. E. Arcaro piloted twenty-eight winners and was the sensation among the riders. He had a percentage of .28. J. McLaren scored with twelve of his mounts and C. King was able to guide home nine winners. C. E. Davison, besides taking the money winning honors among the owners, also took first place in the trainers division, because he trains his own horses, also some for other owners and his total of fourteen winning horses easily gave him first place. Following are the owners whose horses won ,265 Or more: Owner. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Amt. Davison, C. E 12 6 3 ,150 Gorbet, S. and G 7 3 2 3,630 Peabody, S 5 6 3 3,235 Johnson, E 5 2 1 2,585 Mikel, J. D 3 5 1 1,890 Stelle, H 3 2 0 1,625 Forster and Woods . 3 10 1,445 Yeargin, A 3 0 0 1,425 Hunt, C 3 1 0 1,415 Lone Star Stable 2 2 5 1,370 Barnett, R 3 0 1 1,305 OConnell, E. J 2 3 2 1,265 The following horses won 00 or more each: Horse. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Amt Jack Alexander. 4 0 0 ,900 Pollys Folly 3 10 1,445 Predict 3 0 0 1,425 Miss Melody 2 10 1,190 Pigeon. Hole 2 10 1,175 Durva . 2 0 2 1,095 Tryandagain 2 1 1 1,075 Winnie C 2 1 1 1,075 Flirting 2 0 2 1,025 Cicero 2 1 0 1,015 Greenwald 2 1 1 980 Eveline, F 2 0 1 980 Penchant 2 0 0 950 Miss Sparkling 2 1 0 940 Flo M 2 0 1 905 Wild Child 2 0 1 905 The following jockeys rode three or more winners: Jockey. Mts. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Unp. P.C Arcaro, E 100 28 15 17 40 .28 McLaren, J 66 12 12 6 36 .18 King, C 82 9 12 4 57 .11 Anderson, A. .... 32 8 5 4 15 .25 Cungham, Lefoy 25 7 2 3 13 .28 Chinn, H 48 7 6 5 30 .15 Burney, D 45 6 3 5 31 .13 Geving, L 28 6 3 4 15 .21 Knight, M 23 5 2 2 14 .22 Boganowski, W.. 38 4 7 5 22 .11 Cowley, J 29 4 5 3 17 .14 Cox, D 29 3 5 4 17 .10 Dupuy, M 20 3 2 0 15 .15 Wilson, L 46 3 6 1 36 .07 The following are the trainers who saddled three or more winners: Trainer. Wins. Trainer. Wins. Davison, C. E 14 Mikel, J. D 3 Gorbet, S. and G 7 OConnell, E. J. .. 3 Johnson, E 5 Stelle, R. B 3 McGarvey, R 5 Watts, R. T 3 Barnett, R 3 Woods, H. G 3 Foster, O. L 3 Yeargin, A 3 Hunt, C 3 The percentage of winning favorites was about normal, as shown in the subjoined tabulation: Number of days 19 Number of races 133 Winning favorites " 53 Winning second choices 23 Winning outsiders . 57 Winners at odds-on . 2 Defeated at odds-on 3 Percentage of winning favorites .40
