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1 ! i : ; LEADING AMERICAN JOCKEYS The see-saw battle between F. Chojnacki and J. Nolan for the leadership of the American jockeys, continued last week with honors and the leaders position going to Chojnacki, who rode eight winners to take a three-winner lead over Nolan, who scored with only four of his mounts. The previous week saw Nolan with a lead of one winner over Chojnacki. The latter has the best of it in percentage but on that score is overshadowed by both Dan Brammer, who is third, and Ira Hanford, who is fourth. Both of the latter riders also have a total of more than 100 winning mounts and Hanford, who has a percentage of .22, is fast overhauling the leaders, riding seven winners last week. At present he is the sensation of New England and New York racing. Chojnackis eight winners were also high for the past week. Following are the records of the thirty leading American jockeys from January 1 up to and including the racing of last Saturday. , Last Jolty- 1 Mts. 1st. 2d. 3d. Unp.P C Wk. Chojnacki, F 706 113.105 93 395 .16 8 Nolan, J 751 110 110 107 424 .14 4 Brammer, D...... 519 104 93 68 254 .20 3 Hanford, 1 476 103 67 64 242 .22 7 prke, C 598 98 72 69 359 .16 0 Pierson, N. L 584 92 77 80 335 .16 0 Longden, J 44S S7 63 61 237 .19 0 Shultz, C 554 86 82 68 318 .16 3 James, B 391 79 74 55 183 .20 5 Robertson, A 308 71 39 41 157 .23 2 Mojena, C 448 71 57 63 257 J.6 3 Gilbert, J 307 66 39 40 162 .21 6 Cooper, A 330 62 45 44 179 .19 7 Hightshoe, R 504 59 58 76 811 .12 3 Smith, F. A 302 58 43 36 165 .19 3 Litzenberger, E...332 57 43 41 191 17 0 Yager, E. ...... . ..451 55 65 52 279 12 3 Cowley, J ....341 53 41 33 214 16 5 Corbett, C 246 53 27 19 147 22 6 Morgan, A 334 51 46 45 192 .15 1 Stevenson, C 321 51 47 50 173 .16 2 Haas, L 275 51 41 29 154 .19 4 Polk, F. 290 50 38 24 178.17 0 Palumbo, S 235 50 47 36 102 21 6 Wright, W. D..... 307 49 47 37 174.16 0 Peters, M 323 49 43 42 189 .15 0 Porter, E ..344 49 38 47 210.14 3 Phillips, C .296 46 39 40 171 16 2 Richards, H 259 44 32 36 147.17 2 Stout, J 253 43 41 36 133 .17 1 Renick, J 360 43 41 51 225 .12 2 Anderson, I. 248 43 3S 51 116 .17 4
