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LEADING AMERICAN JOCKEYS Chuck Parke, among the jockeys at the top. of the list in American riding: circles, had the best record last week with five winners, but they were not enough to enable him to pass J. Nolan, the present leader who has ninety winners to his credit; Parke lacked four winners of first place, but his last weeks winning mounts did enable him to move up several notches in the standing. Five riders at present are within easy reach of the lead. Johnny Gilbert scored with eight horses to take last weeks honors and is slowly but surely moving toward the top. Following are the records of the leading American jockeys from Januaxy 1 up to and including the racing of last Saturday: , Last Jockey. Mts 1st. 2d. 3d. Unn.P C Wk. Nolan, J. 606 90 87 84 345.15 1 Parke, C 547 87 66 63 331 .16 5 Brammer, D......448 86 81 60 221 .19 2 Pierson, N. L 499 84 69 70 276 .17 2 Chojnacki, F 593 83 94 74 342 .14 4 Hanford, I.. 364 76 53 47 188.21 3 Longden, J 356 69 47 55 185 .19 5 Mojena, C 360 62 45 54 199 .17 0 Shultz, C 420 60 52 50 258 .14 0 James, B ...299 58 54 40 147.19 3 Litzenberger, E...284 54 35 36 159.19 1 Robertson, A 251 54 32 33 132 .22 2 Gilbert, J 229 54 23 30 122 .24 8 Yager, E 417 52 59 47 259 .12 2 Polk, F 272 50 38 22 162 .18 1 Morgan, A 292 48 39 41 164 .16 0 Smith, F. A 257 48 34 32 143 .19 3 Hightshoe, R 390 43 45 56 246 .11 3 Peters, M 275 42 36 36 161 .15 0 Wright, W. D 265 42 38 30 155 .16 1 Phillips, C. 260 41 31 35 153 .16 0 Renick, J 336 41 38 51 206 .12 0 Haas, L 205 40 26 20 119 .20 0 Porter, E 263 39 27 34 163 .15 1 Kurtsinger, C 270 38 27 24 181 .14 1 Jones, R 273 36 47 24 166 .13 4 Corbett, C 173 35 20 15 103 .20 0 Stout, J 194 35 32 27 100 .18 3 Cowley, J 243 34 32 25 152 .14 0 Caperton, H 317 34 39 45 199 .11 0 Richards, H 208 34 30 30 114 .16 2