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FEMININE OWNERS DOMINATE Trio of Women at Top of Jamaica Money Winners List. Count Arthur Wins Continental Handicap and First Place Among Horses-Cooper and Stout Tied. A fairly even distribution of prize money was one of the features of the recent twelve-day meeting at Jamaica, Mrs. E. D. Jacobs winning the largest slice of the 3,200 disbursed but many other owners sharing In the awards to the extent of one or more purses. The daily average distribution was ,766.67 and, while Mrs. Jacobs horses won ,115, her total was just above one days disbursement, indicating the general sharing of prizes by other owners. Opening on October 5, Jamaica closed on October 17 after staging seventy-eight races, five of them stakes. Mrs. John Hertz string won ,705, and Mrs. M. Cassidys colorbearers took ,905, to stage a clean sweep for feminine owners of the three leading positions on the money-winning owners list Count Arthur, Hertz campaigner, won tho Continental Handicap, the most valuable race of the meeting, worth ,910, and the one victory gave him money-winning" honors among the horses. Bill Farnsworth was next, with ,905, the Cassidy racer taking the Interborough Handicap. Polycletus, Clo-dion and Jesting were the other stake winners. Jockey honors were shared by A. Cooper and J. Stout with Cooper having the best of it in percentage, riding about one-fourth, of his mounts to victory. Hirsch Jacobs, Brooklyn horseman, was the leading trainer. That phrase i3 becoming stereotyped in connection with New York meetings. Jacobs saddled ten winners. Following are the owners whose horses won ,550 or more: Owner. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Amt Jacobs, Mrs. E. D 9 3 9 ,115 Hertz, Mrs. J 2 0 0 5,705 Cassidy, Mrs. M, 1 0 0 3,905 Carter, W. A 1 0 0 3,065 Jackson, H. W. . ; 3 3 1 2,780 Howard, M 1 0 1 2,570 Calumet Farm 3 2 0 2,565 Milky Way Farm Stable 2 1 3 2,310 Iselin. Mrs. CO 2 3 2 2,160 Sage Stable 2 3 0 1.900 Simonetti, J 2 0 0 1,870 Shea, M 2 0 1 1,725 Pisacano, S 2 2 0 1,600 Belair Stud 2 0 0 1,550 Following are the horses which won ,000 or more each: Horse. 1st 2nd. 3rd. Amt Count Arthur 10 0 ,910 Bill Farnsworth 1 0 0 3,905 Clodion 1 0 0 3,065 Polycletus 1 0 0 2,495 Jesting ." 1 0 0 2,490 Sgt Byrne 2 0 ,0 1370 Night Sprite 2 0 0 LCOO Crossbow II 2 0 0 1,590 Snow Fox 2 0 -0 1,555 Pastry 2 1 0 1,450 Pompeys Squaw 2 0 0 1,445 Rust 0 1 1 1.100 Chilca 2 0 0 l.ORO Merry Maker 1 0 0 1,000 Following are, the jockeys who rode two or more winners each: Jockey. Mts. 1st 2nd. 3rd. Unp. P.C Cooper, A 47 12 . 10 6 19 JQ Stout, J 50 12 6 6 28 .24 Wright, W. D... 31 -7 3 3 18 3Z Kastner, R 25 6 1 2 16 .24 Hanford, 1 30 5 3 5 17 XI Renick, S 46 5 7 9 25 M Gilbert, J 20 4 1 3 12 3 Anderson, I.... 33 4 7 6 21 Jl Arcaro, E 22 4 5 3 10 .18 Seabo, G 31 4 3 5 19 .13 Dabson, H 19 3 3 .2 11 ;16 Workman, R... 16 3 3 0 10 .19 Horn, F 10 2 0 0 8 .20 Wall. N 41 2 10 7 22 .05 Following are the trainers who saddled two or more winners each: Trainer. Wins. Trainer. Wins. Jacobs, II 10 McGarvey, R 2 Winfrey, G. C... 4 Odom. G. M 2 Fitzsimmons, J... 3 Ritchie, J 2 Hirsch. M 3 Taylor, J. T 2 Hopkins, F 3 Wesslcr, J 2 Kcarns. F. J 3 Waldron, R 2 Shea, W. A 3 Johnson, Lon 2 Bcllevuc. A 2 Milburn, J. M 2 Knebclkamp, C. H. 2 Following is the list of stakes that were decided: Stake. Date. Winner. Value. Belgrade Claiming Stakes, October 10; Polycletus t ,495 Remsen Handicap, October 10; Clodion 3,065 Interborough Handicap, October 12; Bill Farnsworth 3.905 Long Island Claiming Stakes, October 12; Jesting 2,365 Continental Handicap, October 17; Count Arthur 4,910 The percentage of winning favorites was below normal, as shown in the subjoined tabulation: Number of days 12 Number of races !!!!!!!!!!!! 78 Winning favorites 30 Winning second choices 17 Winning outsiders . 32 Winners at odds-on 5 Defeated at odds-on 2 Percentage of winning favorites .33 One dead heat was run.
