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| STATISTICS OF RECENT BAY I j MEADOWS MEETING j The Bay Meadows meeting of 1938 comprised twenty-five racing days from April 12 to May 16, with no racing on Mondays. A total of 200 races were run and 60,365 distributed in stakes and purses for a daily outlay of ,416.60. The A. C. T. Stock Farm was the most successful of the owners participating in the racing, winning six races | and 2,440. Special Agent was the largest I winner among the horses, with ,100 to hia j credit. C. Schultz carried off the riding hon-! ors, with thirty-one Wins out of 173 mounts. | Training laurels were divided equally between D. Cannor, L. Copenhaver, F. C. Mar-met, G. OConnell, K. Spence and W. A. Thomas, each with five winners. The complete statistics for the meeting follow: The largest money winning owners during the meeting follow: Owner. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Amt. ! A. C. T. Stock Farm. . . . 6 1 2 2,440 I Alger, F. M., Jr 2 2 0 7,975 ! Thomas, W. A 5 0 0 4,375 i Marchbank, J. W 4 3 9 3,930 ; Carman, Mrs. R. F., Jr. . 3 0 2 3,285 1 Springhill Stable 5 2 2 2,900 I Pantages, Mrs. L 2 1 2 2,555 I Pasadena Stable 4 4 0 2,350 IPresnell, E. E 3 1 2 2,325 i Hatch, H. C 12 1 2,300 iMarmet, F. C 4 2 2 2,225 Kidd, L. W 3 4 3 1.925 Knowles, Miss L, 3 0 1 1,900 Selznick, M 1 2 0 1,830 Irwin, Mrs. C. B 2 6 3 1,800 Smith, Mrs. M 3 2 2 1,800 The largest money winners amonj the horses follow: Horse. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Amt. Special Agent 1 0 0 ,100 I Azucar 1 1 0 6,225 Lady Bowman 3 0 0 3,425 Coldwater 2 0 2 2,860 I Fort Springs 2 0 1 2,590 i Uppermost 1 2 1 2,300 ; Distribute 3 1 1 2,275 ; Lloyd Pan 10 1 1,880 Altobank 2 0 0 1,855 Malicious 3 0 0 1,825 Pasha 1 1 0 1,780 Dark Winter 110 1,750 The most successful jockeys follow: Jockey. Mts. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Unp. PC Shultz, C 173 31 26 25 91 .18 i Neves, R 93 19 21 9 44 .20 j Gray, A 114 17 11 7 79 .15 j Richardson, N...104 15 16 13 60 .14 ! Sicwert, A 108 12 16 10 70 .11 ! Helton, G 61 9 5 6 41 .15 i Leischman, R 81 8 7 16 50 .10 ! Sielaf f , M 64 8 11 10 35 .12 ! Summers, D 77 8 9 9 51 .10 iNeal, D 54 7 5 6 36 .13 Burns, G 24 6 2 1 15 .25 Merritt. N 63 6 0 5 52 .10 ! Reeve, W. J 53 6 4 5 38 .11 McCown, D 67 5 4 7 51 .07 Robertson, W.... 30 5 3 4 18 .17 Martin, W 49 4 5 4 36 .08 INeal, V 57 4 9 3 41 .07 Root, W. K 34 4 4 3 23 .12 I Snyder, J 54 4 9 9 32 .07 I Phillips, E 37 3 2 2 29 .08 The leading trainers follow: Trainer. Wins. Trainer. Wins, Cannon, D 5 Carman, R. F., Jr. 3 Copenhaver, L 5 Foster, H 3 Marmet, F. C 5 Hartwell, C. A 3 OConnell. G 5 Headley, J. P 3 Spence, K 5 McGovern, J. P. . .. 3 Thomas, W. A 5 Mynes, R 3 Broadfoot, B 4 Parsons, J. A 3 Cooper, R. E 4 Presnell, E. E 3 Long, J. 0 4 Smith, J 3 Molter, W 4 Swift, H. S 3 Speelman, C 4 Thomas, H. B 3 Wilson, A. G 4 Walters, H 3 Following are the stakes that were de-i cided: Stake. Date. Winner. Value. Opening Handicap, April 14: Fort Springs ,790 Bay Meadows Fashion Stakes, April 18; Azucar 4,225 Speed Handicap, April 25; Lady Bowman 2,200 California Breeders Handicap, May 2; Altobank 1,305 ; California Derby, May 2; Lloyd Prn. . . 1,830 ! Bay Meadows Handicap, May 9; Special Agent 8,100 Bay Meadows Nursery Stakes, May 16; Pasha 1.680 San Jose Handicap, May 16; Coldwater. 2,110 The percentage of winning favorites was below normal, as shown in the subjoined tabulation: Number of days 25 Number of races 200 J Winning favorites 63 Winning second choices 38 Winning outsiders 99 | Winners at odds-on 7 I Defeated at odds-on 12 Percentage of winning favorites .31 +
