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LEADING AMERICAN TRAINERS Hirsch Jacobs is gradually pulling away from his opponents and seems headed for his fifth successive triumph in the race for leading conditioning honors of the year The New Yorker sent six winners to the post again last week thereby increasing his total for the year to fiftyseven Bert Michell still clings to the plape position with forty win ¬ ners while Ben Jones is but a single winner ahead of E H Beezley for third place honors the Woolford Farm conditioner hav ¬ ing twentyeight successes to his credit Herewith is presented the leading American trainers for the period of racing as of January 1 to May 1 inclusive Trainer Wins Trainer Wins WinsJacobs Jacobs H 57 Alexandra G E 22 22Michell Michell B S 40 Pelleteri A 21 21Jones Jones B A 28 Cooper R 20 20Beezley Beezley E H 27 Stotler J H 20 Baker H 25 Copenhaver L 19 Creech B 25 Flanigan J J 19 Bieber P 24 Bedwell H G 18 18Williams Williams J 23 Haughton E 17