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M Jockey J. Adams Enters Turf "Hall of Fame1 Rides Six Straight Winners at Bay Meadows Thursday American Jockey Leader of Last Year Gains New Laurels in His Chosen Profession. JOCKEY J. ADAMS. SAN MATEO, Calif., April 8. "Shorty" John Adams, the most consistent jockey that the West has seen in many a day, covered himself with glory at Bay Meadows Thursday afternoon, when he rode six straight winners, all at good prices. The- Kansas playboy started his streak with Miss Amie in the third race, paying 9.90, then followed with Danke Schon, 0.00; Rock X., 4.00; Dr. Spoon, 6.00; Monsweep, 6.80, and Undulate, .80. Undulate was the only favorite. "Shorty" did not have a mount in the second race and rode Strident to third place in the opening two-year-old affair. It was the first time in California racing history that any jockey had piloted Continued on twenty-fourth page. JOCKEY J. ADAMS ENTERS TURF "HALL OF FAME" Continued from first page. - six winners to victory in succession. The e riding of the twenty-four-year-old feather :r was sensational in the extreme. Earlier in n the day he had made a small friendly wager :r with Allan Gray that he would top him in n the Bay Meadows jockey standings and, although 1- Gray was leading at the time, Adams is passed him as the afternoon wore on, and d by evening he had a good lead. The score e Btood Adams 23, Gray 20. SPECTACULAR BATTLE. The pair of clever pilots, by far the two o best riders at the Kyne track, hooked up p head and head in the stretch in the most 3t sensational battle of the afternoon, and their ir mounts came to the wire on practically even n terms. The majority of those In the grandstand I- believed that Chance Line, Grays s mount, had won, but the photographs showed Danke Schon, with Adams aboard, " in front. Later Adams clearly outrode jockeys Connell, Grigg and Thompson in different races. Adams has been the leading rider of tho last six consecutive meetings at which he has performed. Beginning at Riverside Park, Kansas City, he won tho saddle honors at Longacrcs, Playfair, Bay Moadows, Tanforan and Santa Anita. He 1b the first jockey in thirteen years to win the American riding championship without tho advantage of tho apprentice allowance, and his 260 wins In 1937 Is the second highest number of winners ridden by any American jockey in the past thirty years. Never has a jockey on San Francisco tracks since the revival of racing received such an ovation as did Adams when he returned to the judges stand with Monswecp after scoring his fifth victory Thursday. He was ohecrcd to the echo. Many waited to cheer Adams ufter he had won the concluding number. Some of tho boys who build air castles figured If they had parlayed on Adams winning mounts, they would have won some thing like 33,687.
