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TAYLOR HORSES SENSATION Win Five Out of Eight Stakes at Recent Tanforan Meeting. Vancouver Turfman Heads Winning Owners, His Horses Lead Equines and Trainer Cannon His Division. Maj. Austin C. Taylors silks and horses were the sensations of the recent Tanforan meeting, winning 1,000 of the total of 57,-630 distributed by the Tanforan Jockey Club during its twenty-five day session, from March 7 to April 11. The daily average was ,301.20. Indian Broom and Special Agent between them accounted for five of the seven stake races on the schedule, Indian Broom winning the Marchbank Handicap to head the list of money-winning horses. His total earnings amounted to 2,580, while Special Agent won ,295. Basil James, riding sensation of the meeting, led the riders, with twenty-five winners, closely pressed by E. Yager, who rode twenty-two. Del Cannon, L. Copenhaver and E. L. Fitzgerald tied for training honors, with seven winners each. Following are the owners whose horses won ,000 or more: Owner. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Amt. A. C. T. Stock Frm Sta. 7 5 4 1,000 Church, N. W 7 1 6 4,400 Howard, Mrs. C. S 3 2 5 4,125 Marchbank, J. W 5 7 5 3,775 Baroni, A. A 2 2 0 3,250 Creech, Mrs. A. M 5 0 4 3,225 Westrope, Mrs. W. T... 4 2 1 2,400 Whitehill, L. T 4 1 0 2,350 Kidd, L. W 4 2 3 2,150 Williams, G. T 2 5 2 2,100 Copenhaver, Mrs. L 4 1 3 2,025 McCown, Mrs. E 3 3 3 2,025 Pendergast, Miss A 3 3 0 2,000 Following are the horses which won ,300 or more: Horse. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Amt. Indian Broom 3 0 0 2,580 Special Agent 2 0 0 6,295 Open Range 4 0 1 2,450 Coramine 1 0 0 2,350 Top Row 0 1 0 2,000 Stainforth 2 2 2 1,450 Baranca 3 1 1 1,425 Tonta 1 1 0 1,405 Jovius 2 0 0 1,400 Marcleave 3 0 0 1,400 Seguro 2 0 1 1,400 Zevar 3 1 0 1,375 Toro Flight 2 0 0 1,300 Following are the jockeys who rode five or more winners: Jockey. Mts. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Unp. P.C James, B 125 25 23 21 56 .20 Yager, E 129 22 21 9 77 .17 Jolley, A 82 14 4 15 49 .17 Shultz, C 86 14 9 13 50 .16 Brammer, D 63 10 11 11 31 .16 Stalling, E 117 10 11 14 82 .09 Neves, R 72 9 7 4 52 .12 Siewert, A 88 9 16 9 54 .10 Thompson, V 107 9 12 12 74 .08 Balaski, L 52 8 5 9 30 .15 Burns, G 72 7 8 6 51 .10 Phillips, E 67 7 5 5 50 .10 Sielaff, M 42 7 5 7 23 .17 Helm, M 32 5 2 1 24 .16 Richardson, N... 43 5 6 4 28 .12 Following are the trainers who saddled three or more winners: Trainer. Wins. Trainer. Wins. Cannon, D 7 Cooper, R 3 Copenhaver, L 7 Field, H 3 Fitzgerald, E. L. . . 7 Finnegan, W. B. . . 3 Spence, K 6 Hartwell, C. A 3 Parke, M 5 Molter, W 3 Selden, R. W 4 Level, E 3 Brown, O. L 4 Liehe, R 3 Buck, W 4 McCown, E 3 Holmes, C 4 Shields, M 3 Kidd, L. W 4 Smith, T 3 Westrope, W. T... 4 Wiley, R. H 3 Whitehill, L. T... 4 Loftus, J 3 Potter, W. J 3 Marmet, F. C 3 Following are the stakes that were decided: Stake. Date. Winner. Value. Inaugural Handicap, March 7; Special Agent ,995 San Francisco Handicap, March 14; Special Agent 4,300 California-Bred Juvenile Championship, March 17; Tonta 1,305 Shrine Derby-Tanforan Three-Year-Old Championship, March 21; Indian Broom 2,180 Tanforan Juvenile Stakes, March 28; Coramine 2,350 Peninsula Handicap, April 4; Indian Broom 2,250 Marchbank Handicap, April 11; Indian Broom 8,150 The percentage of winning favorites was below normal, as shown in the subjoined tabulation: Number of days 25 Number of races 200 Winning favorites 72 Winning second choices 41 Winning outsiders 87 Winners at odds-on 6 Defeated at odds-on 9 Percentage of winning favorites 36
