view raw text
LEADING AMERICAN JOCKEYS Riding one winner last week, Wayne Wright moved into a tie with Paul Keester for the leadership of the American riders. Each had ninety winners to his credit at the last tabulation, with Keester one point better in percentage, the respective figures being .22 for Wright and .23 for Keester. The latter failed to ride a winner during the week. E. Deperini took honors for the period with twelve winners. Following are the records of the thirty leading American jockeys from January 1 up to and including the racing ot last Sunday: f Last jockey. Mts. 1st. 2d. 3d. Unp.P.CWlu Keester, P 392 90 73 49 180 .23 0 Wright, .W. D. . .403., 9Q 65 46 202 .22 1 Balaski, L... 538 73 72 62 331 .14 3 Coucci, S 340 71 64 44 161 .2 2 Wagner, J i.503 67 67 68 301 .13 3 Lynch, J........ 398 65 62 54 208 .17 0 Colpitts, R.......478 64 73 53 288 .13 5 Parvin, C 363 58 39 40 226 .16 1 Neves, R 364 57 51 45 211 .16 6 Gray, A 405 55 79 52 219 .i4 0 Workman, R....200 55 29 19 97 .27 5 Westrope, J 396 54 49 56 237 .14 6 Ritz, F 332 50 40 51 191 .15 0 Lindberg, H. 352 49 46 41 216 .14 4 Smith, F. A .3ll 48 39 29 195 .15 0 Robertson, A 234 47 33 39 115 .20 5 Fernandez, F.... 266 46 43 39 138 .17 4 Terry, M 372 45 56 42 229 .12 0 Thompson, V 249 43 31 42 133 .17 3 Deperini, E 277 42 34 28 173 .15 12 King, J 285 42 52 35 156 .15 . 0 Watson, G. . 327 40 34 36 217 .12 i Young, S 191 39 29 19 104 .20 0 Mauro, F........219 39 35 22 123 .18 6 Jacobs, J........ 186 38 26 22 100 .20 0 Merritt, R.......296 38 43 42 173 .13 1 Arcaro, E 270 38 50 35 147 .14 3 Merritt, N 247 38 43 33 133 .15 5 Peters, M 282 37 31 25 189 .13 1 Gilbert, J 268 36 24 38 170 .13 1 v