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SEABISCUIT TANFORAN LEADER Winner of Marchbank Handicap Carries Off Prize of ,200. Mrs. C. S. Howard Leads Money-Winning Owners With 1,625 Earl Beezley Saddles Eleven Winners. Mrs. C. S. Howard and her brilliant performer, Seabiscuit, had no trouble taking the money-winning honors in their respective divisions at Tanforan, Seabiscuit scoring in the rich Marchbank Handicap to earn ,200. With the fruits of the victories of four of her other campaigners, Mrs. Howard had total winnings of 1,625 for the twenty-five day meeting, while Seabiscuit, starting only in the Marchbank, won ,200. Tanforans meeting began on March 13 and ended April 17. Thirty-four per cent of the public choices won. The total distribution of the jockey club was 75,600, a daily average of ,024. Jockey A. Gray was the leading rider and Earl Beezley the leading trainer. Following are the owners whose horsc3 won ,500 or more: Owner. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Amt, Howard. Mrs. C. S 5 1 4 1,625 Hunt, Beezley andBoeing.ll 13 9 9,350 A. C. T. Stock Farm.. 10 1 5.350 Walsh, R 1 1 0 4,655 Butler, D. W. 2 0 2 4,600 Tarn, A. G 6 3 4 4,200 Putnam, C 4 2 1 3,975 Kidd, L. W. 5 2 2 3,150 Willock, CM 2 0 2 2.800 Shields, M 4 3 0 2,500 Following are the horses which won ,675 or more each: Horse. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Amt. Seabiscuit 1 0 0 ,200 Special Agent 1 0 0 4.850 Manners Man 2 0 1 4,550 Sunset Trail II. 1 0 0 2,655 Table Stakes 10 1 2,225 Master Time 4 0 0 2.100 Moon Side 1 0 0 2,100 Pelter 3 1 0 2,050 Grand Manitou 0 1 0 2,000 Claudian 1 0 0 1,970 Jens Son 3 11 1,850 Sobriety 10 1 1,800 Drawn Sword 3 0 0 1,725 Keokce 3 0 0 1,675 Following are the jockeys who rode five or more winners each: Jockey. Mts. 1st 2nd. 3rd. Unp. P.C Gray. A 150 26 21 22 81 .17 Dauron, M 101 20 10 9 62 .20 Neves, R 91 16 10 16 49 J8 Thompson, V....111 14 10 10 77 J3 Richardson. N... 83 10 16 11 46 .12 Summers, D 102 10 18 11 63 JO Young, S 53 10 7 6 30 J9 Burns, G 80 9 6 3 62 Jl Chojnacki, F..103 9 13 11 70 .09 Sena, T 59 9 7 5 33 J5 Pollard, J 60 8 6 10 36 .13 Guymon, L 70 6 14 9 41 .09 Yager, E 58 6 9 3 40 .10 Miller, F 36 5 11 6 li M Following are the trainers who saddled three or more winners each: Trainer. Wins. Trainer. Wins. Beezley, E. H 11 Hartman, W 3 Cooper, R 7 Holmes, C 3 Smith, T 6 Horning, T 3 Tarn, A. G 6 Jacques, C. L 3 Copenhaver, L.... 5 Marmet, F. C 3 Kidd, L. W 5 McConnell, H. C. . 3 Malone, T 4 Noonan, A 3 Holloway, T 4 Potter, W. J 3 Glick. G. W 4 Scobey, J. L 3 Shields, M 4 Westrope, W. T.. 3 Cunningham, J. O. 3 Wilhelm, C 3 Dunne, A 3 Jenkins, R. Z.... 3 Following Is the list of the stakes that were decided: Stake. Date. Winner. Value. Tanforan Inaugural Handicap, March 13; Manners Man ,350 Kings Mountain Handicap, March 20; Moon Side 2,100 Woodside Handicap, March 27; Manners Man 2,100 Tanforan Championship, April 3; Sunset Trail II 2,655 California-Bred Juvenile Championship, April 6; Claudian 1,970 Exposition Handicap, April 10; Special Agent 4,350 Tanforan Juvenile Stakes, April 13; Table Stakes 2,150 Marchbank Handicap, April 17; Sea-biscuit 8,200 The percentage of winning favorites was below normal, as shown in the subjoined tabulation: Number of days 25 Number of races 200 Winning favorites 68 Winning second choices 33 . Winning outsiders 101 Winners at odds-on 15 ; Defeated at odds-on 8 ; Percentage of winning favorites 31 Two dead heats were run.
