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LAUREL MEETING STATISTICS jWheatley Stable Leads Money -Winning Owners With 4,890. 8. W. Labrot Second With 4,680 Notebook Heads the List of Money-Winning Horses With 1,490. The Maryland State Fair distributed 68,365 during its twenty-four day meeting at Laurel, from October 3 to October 29, a daily average of 1,181.87. One hundred and sixty-eight races were run during the meeting, including the Selima Stakes and Washington Handicap, two of the most valuable races decided in the country. Two hundred and ten dollars separated the Wheatley Stable and S. W. Labrot in their race for money-winning honors among the owners and the Wheatley Stable triumphed, winning a total of 4,890 with its horses, while the Maryland owner won 4,680. C. V. Whitney was third, with 3,015, and Norman Church fourth, with 1,375, the quartet being the only owners whose horses won a sum amounting to four figures. Notebook, the daughter of "Chicle, which won the Selima Stakes, was the leading money-winning horse, with a total of 4,-490. The game Tred Avon, which defeated Equipoise in the Washington Handicap, earned 6,480 and second place in the standing. Gallant Sir, the Church star, scored in the Maryland Handicap and, being second in another rich race, amassed a sum of 0,475. Sarada, The Darb, Jack High, Hygro, Rideaway and Rush Hour also did well for their various owners in the way of earning money. "Buddy" Hanford piloted twenty-three winners out of 111 mounts for first place in the final standing of the jockeys who rode during the Laurel meeting and not only was he first in winners, but first also in percentage. R. Jones and J. Gilbert had a nip and tuck battle for second place, with Jones triumphing in the end with thirteen victorious mounts to Gilberts twelve. Honors among the steeplechase riders were split between H. Little and P. McGin-nis, who rode two winners each. W. Irvine headed the trainers list, saddling seven winners during the meeting. Benny Creech, Coe trainer, was second with six and M. Smart and W. F. Mulholland tied for third with five each. Following are the owners whose horses won ,000 or more: Owner. 1st 2nd. 3rd. Ami Wheatley Stable 2 0 0 4,890 Labrot, G W. 7 3 2 24,680 Whitney, C. V. 2 3 4 13,015 Church, N. ..2 2 0 11,375 Widener, G. D 4 4 4 8,875 Griffith, F. A. 1 0 0 7,275 Nevada Stock Farm 3 2 0 7,195 Coe, W. R f? 2 2 5,530 Audley Farm Stable 3 10 4 5,400 Whitney, Gwladys. . 1 0 0 5,275 Brookmeade Stable 6 2 6 5,235 Widener, J. E 4 4 2 4,530 Bradley, E. R .4 1 5 4,000 Weant, W. C 3 3 2 3,700 Lowenstein, M 4 1 1 3,100 Greentree Stable 1 4 4 3,090 Whitney, Mrs. J. H. ... 2 3 1 3,040 Pons, A 1 2 1 3,000 Following are the horses which won ,000 or more each: Horse. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Amt. Notebook 2 0 0 4,490 Tred Avon 3 0 0 16,480 Gallant Sir 1 1 0 10,475 Sarada 1 0 0 7,275 The Darb 1 0 0 7,175 Jack High... 2 1 1 7,030 Hygro 2 1 0 6,255 Rideaway 1 0 0 5,275 Rush Hour 1 0 0 5,250 Mad Frump 1. 1 0 2,840 Pilate 3 0 1 2,500 Equipoise 0 1 1 2,500 General Court 3 11 2,400 Kneehigh 3 0 1 2,200 Syriac . 3 0 0 2,100 Wise Anne 1 3 0 2,100 Swivel 0 1 0 2,000 Following are the records of the jockeys who rode five or more winners each: Jockey. Mts. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Jnp. P.C Hanford, B Ill 23 12 14 62 .21 Jones, R 72 13 10 8 41 .18 Gilbert, J 72 12 8 14 38 .17 Bejshak, J 44 8 8 7 21 . .18 Callahan, H 68 7 6 5 50 .10 Meade, D 81 7 9 8 57 .09 Garner, M 42 6 7 6 23 .14 Elston, H 42 5 2 8 27 .12 Leischman, R... 25 5 2 5 13 .20 Malley, T 25 5 4 1 15 .20 Todd, W 32 5 3 3 21 .16 Following are the steeplechase and gentlemen riders who rode one or mdre winners Rider Mts. 1st. 2nd. 3rd Unp. P.C Little, H 8 2 1 1 4 .25 McGinnis, P 10 2 2 0 6 .20 Bauman, A 9 1 3 3 2 .11 Bellhouse, F 5 1 0 1 3 .20 Collins, W 8 1 0 2 5 .12 Rea, W 5 1 2 0 2 .20 Scott, A 4 1 0 0 3 .25 Slate, F 2 1 0 0 1 .50 Smoot, G 2 1 0 0 1 .50 Bostw"k, Mr. G.H. 2 1 0 0 1 .50 Follwing are the trainers who saddled three or more winners each: Trainer. Wins. Trainer. Wing. Irvine, W. 7 Fitzgerald, P. E. . 3 Creech, B 6 Fitzsimmons, J. . . 3 Smith, R. A 6 Haymaker, L 3 Smart, M 5 Healy, J. W 3 Mulholland, W. F. 5 Jones, J. P 3 Lowenstein, M.... 4 Ogle, G. W 3 McDaniel, H 4 Pollard, R 3 Trueman, E 4 Schuttinger, A.... 3 Burch, P. M 3 Spence, K 3 Carman, R. F., Jr. 3 Weant, W. C 3 The following stakes were decided: Stake. Date. Winner. Value. Capital Handicap, Oct. 4; Hygro $ 5,175 Richard Johnson Handicap, Oct. 8; The Darb 7,175 Maryland Futurity, Oct. 15; Rush Hour 5,250 Laurel Stakes, Oct. 15; Jack High 5,450 Chevy Chase Steeplechase Handicap, Oct 19; Rideaway 5,275 Selima Stakes, Oct. 22; Notebook 23,790 Maryland Handicap, Oct. 22; Gallant Sir 9,475 Spalding Lowe Jenkins Handicap, Oct. 29; Sarada 7,275 Washington Handicap, Oct. 29; Tred Avon 14,800 The percentage of winning favorites was below normal, as shown in the subjoined tabulation: Number of days , 24 Number of races 168 Winning favorites 55 Winning second choices 38 .Winning outsiders 75 Winners at odds-on .t. .. . 9 Defeated at odds-on 9 Percentage of winning favorites.......... .33
