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STATISTICS OF EMPIRE CITY 4 1 , i C. V. Whitney Heads Winning Owner List at Yonkers. 3 , Donald Meade Pilots Nineteen Winners to Take Riding Honors 9,595 Dis- tributed in Prizes. The Empire City organization distributed s 3 9,595 among the horsemen during its re- cent twenty-two day meeting at the Yonkers course, a daily average of ,072.50. The j meeting began July 8, and ended on August 2. During the meeting one hundred and , 1 thirty-two races were decided, four of them of the stake variety. Sgt. Eyrne and Star Fire were the leaders " among the money winning horses with ,780 , and ,650 respectively. C. V. Whitney, with ,200, James Butler with ,450 and the B. B. Stable, ,550, were most fortunate among the money-winning owners. J Donald Meade scored, with nineteen of his mounts to take riding honors, and close be- hind him with seventeen winners to his : credit, was Albert Robertson. P. M. Burch and J. A. Healey saddled ten ; winners each to tie for training honors. ; George Odom saddled eight winners. Following are the owners whose horses won ,500 or more: Owner. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Amt. Whitney, C. V 10 10 4 ,200 : Butler, J ..4 3 4 4,450 B. B. Stable 6 4 7 3,550 : Simonetti J 1 0 0 2,780 Howard, M 5 4 2 2,750 Wheatley Stable -....2 2 0 2,530 Queen, Mrs. T. R 4 2 1 2,150 Phipps, HC 1 1 1 2,130 Richardson, J. F 3 2 1 1,700 Garafolo, M 3 2 0 1,550 Winfrey, G. C... ..3 1 2 1,550 Jeffords, W. M. ... 2 5 2 1,500 Williams, Mrs. C. W. ... 3 0 3 1,500 Following are the horses which won ,000 or more each: Horse. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Amt. Sgt. Byrne ....1 0 0 ,780 Star Fire 2 1 0 2,650 Balios . 1 0 0 1,980 Dark Secret 1 0 0 1,880 Sweet Bud 3 2 0 1,550 Malimou 3 0 1 1,400 Center Lane 3 0 0 1,350 Ward-in-Chancery 2 1 1 1,150 Irenes Bob 2 0 1 1,105 Pending 2 1 2 1,100 March Step 2 2 0 1,100 Miss Snow 2 1- 1 1,050 St Hubert 2 1 1 1,050 Integrity 2 1 1 1,050 Mamas Choice 2 10 1,050 Grannys Trade 2 0 1 1,050 Wedding Ring 2 1 1 1,050 Pova 2 0 0 1,000 Rhodesia 2 1 0 1,000 Scotch Soldier 2 0 2 1,000 Ayston 2 1 0 1,000 Inflate . 2 1 0 1,000 Royal Durbar 2 1 0 1,000 Following are the jockeys who scored with three or more of their mounts: Jockey. Mts. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Unp. P.C Meade, D 84 19 14 11 40 .23 Robertson, A 88 17 14 15 42 .20 Cruz, H 80 14 10 11 45 .17 Stout, J -64 13 8 5 38 .20 Landolt. C 98 12 16 10 60 .12 Sullivan, J 74 10 16 12 36 .13 Horn, F. . ...39 5 4 6 24 .13 Luther, T 37 5 4 2 26 .13 Maiben J 29 4 5 4 16 .14 Wholey R 36 4 4 2 26 .11 Elston, H....k... 61 3 3 9 46 .05 Lewis, M 45 3-2 8 32 .07 Prior, W 10 3 2 0 5 .30 Following are the trainers who saddled r three or more winners each: Trainer. Wins. Trainer. Wim. Burch, P. M 10 Coburn, G. W.. . , . 4 Healey, J. A 10 Johnson, J 4 Odom, G. M 8 Queen, T. R 4 Jacobs, H.. ... 7 Burch, S. L 3 Jones, J. P.. .. . . .. 7 Finamore, P 3 Sande, E 5 Fitzsimmons, J 3 Winfrey, G. C. . . . 5 Richardson, J. F.. 3 j Burke, E. A 4 Williams, C. W.. . . 3 ! Following are the stakes that were decided: Stake. Date. Winner. Value. Empire City Handicap, July 8; Dark Secret , ,880 Empire City Derby, July 15; Balios 1,980 East View Stakes, July 22; Sgt. Byrne. 2,780 Yonkers Handicap, July 29; Star Fire. 2,100 The percentage of winning favorites was above normal, as shown in the subjoined tabulation: Number of days 22 Number of races . 132 Winning favorites 55 Winning second, choices -. ... 30 Winning outsiders 47 Winners at bdds-on 15 Defeated at odds-on 11 Percentage of winning favorites 42
