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CHURCHILL DOWNS FIGURES Omaha and Belair Stud Lead Theig Divisions by $ 3 0, 0 0 0 . Westrope Has Close Contest for First PIaC$ Among the Riders 76,885 Distrib- : uted in Twenty Days. Churchill Downs closed with a day devoted to charity. During the twenty days of rac- ing 76,865 was distributed, an average of ,843.25 daily. One hundred sixty races. were run, four of them being fixtures. The Clark Handicap went to Beaver Dam; tho Derby to Omaha; Bashford Manor Stakes to Coldstream, and the Kentucky Oaks to Paradisical. The percentage of winning favorites was below normal, only fifty-five first choices coming down in front, for an average of .34. Omaha and the Belair Stud Stable of William Woodward topped their respective divisions through their success in the Derby. Westrope led the riders with seventeen wins, but was closely followed by Fernandez, who was successful with sixteen of his mounts. B. S. Michell and A. Miller tied for honors among the trainers with seven wins each. The meeting as a whole was successful, and promises well for coming meetings in the Blue Grass State. Following is a short summary of the leaders: The owners who won ,570 or more; follow: Owner. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Amt. Belair Stud . 1 0 0 9,525 Milky Way Farm 6 3 5 7,750 Sachsenmaier and Reuter. 0 1 0 ;6,000 Collins, L J 7 2 0 5,960 4 Komorous, L. E. 7 6 6 4,900 Fairbanks, Mrs. R. B. .. 5 8 5 4,000 Coldstream Stud 2 1 0 3,785 Worden, T. C... 5 3 2 3,300 Smith, W. E....-.r..... 5 2 2 .3,125 Bradley, E. R.......... 4 2 1 2,900 Riley, J. S 4 3 2 2,850 Emery, J 5 11 2,850 Mulvihill, T. S. and J. S. 11 1 2,570 The horses which won ,600 or more follow: . Horse. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Amt. Omaha ...1 0 0 9,525 Roman Soldier 0 1 0 6,000 Paradisical .4 0 0 4t210 Whiskolo 1 0 1 4,100 Coldstream 2 1 0 3,735 Beaver Dam .. 1 1 0 2,520 Nellie Flag 10 1 1,850 Panalong 3 0 0 1,725 Seven Pines 3 0 0 1,650 Flint Shot i . 2 2 0 1,600 Late Date . . 2 10 1,600 The leading jockeys were as follows: Jockey:- . Mts. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Unp. P.C Westrone, J.... .. 94" 17 10 17 50 .18 Fernandez, F.... 99 16 17 12 54 .16 Martinez, A. F. . 71 , 11 8 10 42 .15 Fowler, G.. 63 11 7 7 38 17 Arcaro, E 46 10 3 6 27 22 Meade, D 34 "8 4 3 19 .24 Balaski, L. ..... . 94 8 .16 8 62 .09 Hanka, W 51 6 7 5 33 .12 Wagner, J .. 58 6 6 9 37. .10 Garner, M. ...... 53 5 9 8 31 .09 Haas, L.... 49 5-5 4 35 JO Keester, P. . 16 5 1 0 10 31 Trainers who saddled three or more winners J follow: Trainer. Wins. Trainer. Wins. Michell, B. S 7 Thompson, H. J.. 4 Miller, A......... 7 Meeker, J. D -4 McGarvey, R. 6 Freeman, W. T... . ;3 Stewart, D. E.... 6 Lewis, A. S. ...... Z Chiavetta, F. ..... 5 McGarvey, H 3 Gqldblatt, A..... 5 Miller, E. T ..3 Jones, "Bl A. ... 5 Morris, G. S...;.."3 Van Dusen, C... 5 Porter, C.....".... 3 Weaver, J. T 5 Wells, H. . ... ..... 3 Gordon, A, B 5 Following -are the stakes that were decided: Stake. Date. Winner. Value. Clark Handicap, April 27; Beaver Dam $ 2,270 Kentucky Derby, May 4; Omaha "39,525 Bashford Manor Stakes, May 11; Coldstream 3,035 Kentucky Oaks, May 18; Paradisical. . 2,310 The percentage of winning favorites waa below normal, as shown in the subjoined tabulation: Number of days "20 Number of races 160 Winning favorites :55 Winning" second choices. 32 Winning outsiders 73 Winners at odds-on , 14 Defeated at odds-on 4. . 10 Percentage of winning favorites 34
