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RIDDLE LEADER AT PIMLICO War Admirals Owner Wins Total of 46450 at Baltimore Victory In Preakness Gives War Admiral MoneyWinning Honors for Meet ¬ ing and for Season The Pimlico meeting with the Preakness as its highlight was one of the outstanding sessions of the spring racing season in this country The threeyearold special was fraught with considerable interest because it was the second meeting between Samuel D Riddles Kentucky Derby winner and prob ¬ able threeyearold champion of 1937 War Admiral and Pompoon last years juvenile champion The race served to confirm the Derby result because War Admiral for the second time defeated the Louchheim star although not quite as decisively as in the Louisville classic classicWar War Admiral by virtue of his Preakness winnings was the leading money winner of the meeting and the 45600 he won in that race made him the leading moneywinning horse of the year in the country the son of Man o War displacing Rosemont Calu ¬ met JDick winner of the famous Old Dixie Handicap was second with 9450 9450The The Hill Top meeting began on April 29 and ended May 15 a period of fifteen days during which time 120 races vcre run six of them stakes The total money distributed was 202455 for a daily average of 13497 one anywhereThe of the highest daily averages anywhere The Glen Riddle Farm Stable nom de course of Samuel D Riddle War Admirals owner was the leading moneywinning es ¬ tablishment with 46450 E K Bryson fol ¬ lowed with 12900 A G Vanderbilt with 56500 and A C Compton with 6250 6250J J Wagner led the jockey list with thir ¬ teen winners while J P Jones was the leading trainer with ten winners winnersFollowing Following are the horses which won 1500 or more each eachHorse Horse 1st 2nd 3rd Arnt ArntWar War Admiral 1 0 0 45600 45600Calumet Calumet Dick 100 9450 9450Aneroid Aneroid 1 0 1 5680 5680Pompoon Pompoon 0 1 0 5000 5000Flying Flying Scot 001 3000 3000Weston Weston 3 0 1 2900 2900Cadeau Cadeau II 100 2500 2500Finance Finance 1 2 0 2500 2500Rehearsal Rehearsal 1 0 0 2500 2500Sweet Sweet Desire 100 2375 2375Little Little Marty 300 2100 2100Mosavtre Mosavtre 0 0 0 2000 2000Rough Rough Time 2 0 0 1700 1700Yomer Yomer 2 0 1 1700 1700Toney Toney Boy 2 1 0 1550 1550Bojangles Bojangles 2 1 0 1550 1550Higher Higher Cloud 1 0 1 1500 Playoff 2 2Slow Slow Motion 2 Following are the owners whose won 2100 or more each Own 01 1st 1stGlen 2nd 3rd Arm Glen Riddle Farms 2 2Bryson 20 0 46450 Bryson E K 4 4Vanderbilt 3 3 12900 Vanderbilt A G 7 7Compton 4 4 6500 Compton A C 7 7Manfuso 703 6250 Manfuso J A 1 1Bomar 0 1 5750 Bomar Stable 3 3Denemark 5 4 5425 Denemark Mrs E 2 2Louchheim 64 5200 Louchheim J H i 0 0Whitney 010 5000 Whitney J H 0 0Jones 2 1 3400 Jones J P 4 4Martin 41 1 3300 Martin J W Y 3 3Clark 0 1 3000 Clark Mrs F A 1 1Heighe 11 0 2650 Heighe Mrs R H 1 1Hitt 10 0 2500 Hitt W F 2 2Elder 4 4 2500 Elder W M 3 3Feltner 1 0 2400 Feltner C 3 3Christmas 1 0 2300 Christmas Mrs B F 2 2Abel 2250 Abel Mrs A J 2 2Neusteter 2200 Neusteter H 2 2Black 2150 Black G 3 2100 Following are the jockeys who rode two or more winners each Jockey Mts 1st 2nd 3rd Unp PC Wagner J 79 13 8 14 44 16 Merritt R 42 11 9 9OMalley 4 18 26 OMalley J 68 9 10 10Kurtsinger 7 42 13 Kurtsinger C 43 8 7 7Rosengarten 7 21 19 Rosengarten C 42 7 3 3Saunders 11 21 17 Saunders W 28 6 7 7Renick 2 13 21 Renick S 26 6 4 4Morris 2 14 23 Morris R 37 5 8 8Shelhamer 6 18 14 Shelhamer A 34 5 2 2DeCamillas 3 24 15 DeCamillas E 24 4 1 1Scott 1 18 17 Scott E 19 4 0 0Peters 2 13 21 Peters M 24 3 3 3Richards 1 17 M2 Richards H 22 3 5 5Machado 2 12 14 Machado L 42 3 6 6Shanks 3 30 07 Shanks J 10 3 1 0 6 30 Following are the successful steeplechase and gentlemen riders ridersRider Rider Mts MtsJones 1st 2nd 3rd Unp PC Jones Mr W 3 3Brooks 000 100 Brooks C 9 9McGovern 0 0 7 22 McGovern J 9 9Walker 0 2 5 22 Walker G 11 11Anstreatt 2 4 3 18 Anstreatt B 5 5Eaby 0 1 3 20 Eaby J 11 1 7 09 Following are the trainers who saddled two or more winners each eachTrainer Trainer Wins Trainer Wins WinsJones Jones J P 10 Johnson J 2 2Bedwell Bedwell H G 7 Johnson R A 2 2Stotler Stotler J H 7 Jones W E 2 2Blume Blume L G 4 Kermath J T 2 2Stewart Stewart J V 4 Kerr H 2 2Black Black J M 4 McNamara J 2 2Christmas Christmas B F 3 Miles C P J 2 2Feltner Feltner C M 3 Neusteter H 2 2Feustel Feustel L 3 Rodrock T 2 2Potts Potts R E 3 Veneziano D P 2 Kerr D K 3 White A 2 Abel A J 2 Young H 2 2Christmas Christmas J Y 2 Skinner J T 2 2Copland Copland A L Jr 2 Conway G 2 Following is the list of stakes that were weredecided decided Stake Date Winner Value ValueBaltimore Baltimore Spring Handicap May 1 Aneroid 4680 4680Pimlico Pimlico Nursery Stakes May 1 Re ¬ hearsal 2500 2500Subscription Subscription Steeplechase of 1937 May 5 Cadeau II 2500 2500Dixie Dixie Handicap May 8 Calumet Dick 9450 Pimlico Oaks May 10 Sweet Desire 2325 Preakness May 15 War Admiral 45600 45600The The percentage of winning favorites was below normal as shown in the subjoined tabulationNumber tabulation Number of days 15 15Number Number of races V 120 120Winning Winning favorites 38 38Winning Winning second choices 28 28Winning Winning outsiders 54 54Winners Winners at oddsoni 12 12Defeated Defeated at oddson j VS VSPercentage Percentage of winning favorites 32
