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JEENELANDS BEST MEETING FiftySeven Per Cent of First Choices Make Good Lexington Track Sets Something of a Mod ¬ ern Record for Mutuel Track Belair Stud Leader Keeneland staged the best meeting In Its history over a tenday racing period from October 11 to October 22 Seventy races were run 68000 distributed averaging 6800 per day and fiftyseven per cent of the first choices ran as favorites should Without referring to the records that Is probably the best record made by favorites in the Middle West in many long years yearsWilliam William Woodwards Belair Stud colors were just as potent at Keeneland as they seem to be in other parts of the United States and in England The New Yorker headed the moneywinning owners list with 9333 because Johnstown took the Breeders Futurity and first place among the equine gleaners gleanersEddie Eddie Arcaro was first among the Jockeys in riding winners having scored on fourteen occasions He was pressed by Nunzio Pariso with twelve twelveEd Ed Haughton sent six horses to the race wars at Keeneland that were faster in their particular races than their opponents opponentsFollowing Following are the owners whose horses won 1050 or more Owner 1st 2nd 3rd Won Belair Stud 100 9335 Dixiana 312 5770 Greentree Stable 410 3650 Haughton Mrs E EHeadley 614 3600 Headley H P 431 2800 Desopo J 200 2300 Tall Trees Stable StableMarsch 334 2225 Marsch J 101 2110 Vimont L 3 0 0 1800 Piatt Thomas 303 1775 Tarn A G 314 1700 McCaffrey T H 200 1375 Calumet Farm 211 1250 Marsch Mrs J 201 1100 Thomas E K 201 1100 Le Mar Stock Farm 120 1050 Following arc the horses which won 750 or more each eachHorse Horse 1st 2nd 3rd Won WonJohnstown Johnstown 1 0 0 9335 9335Allegro Allegro 110 3920 3920Tunica Tunica 200 2300 2300Liirhtsnur Liirhtsnur Lightspur 101 2110 Armor Bearer 0 0 1950 Burgoo Miss 0 0 1800 Ritz Brothers 0 0 1425 Strut 0 0 1375 Torchy 0 1 1250 Star Banner 0 1 1100 Boy Valet Little Mike i Merrymood jBanjorine I Drowsy I Olney Bustle Following are the jockeys who or more winners each Jockey Mts 1stArcaro 1st 2nd 3rd Unp PG Arcaro E 44 14 14Pariso 19 32 Pariso N 54 12 12Rosen 27 25 Rosen J 43 7 7South 27 J6 South G 40 7 7Charlton i 21 J1 Charlton C 35 6 6Littrell 21 n Littrell J 39 5 5McCombs r 20 13 McCombs K 40 5 5Craig 25 1 Craig A 25 3 3Adair J 18 15 Adair R 42 2 2Garner i 25 01 Garner W 15 2 I 7 13 Following are the trainers who saddled two or more winners each Trainer Wins Trainer Haughton E 6 Sallee J P Gaver J M 4 Tarn A G Hay P 4 Van Dusen C Battle H H 3 Baxter S T Dngerfield K Jr 3 Griner M 2 2Goose Goose R 3 Ott S B 2 2Letellier Letellier F P 3 Root T 2 2Morris Morris D T 3 Stearns H 2 2ODonnell ODonnell L 3 Norman C C 2 Following is the list of stakes that were decidedLexington Lexington decided Handicap Oct 15 Tunica 1450 Breeders Futurity Oct 22 Johnstown 9335 The percentage of winning favorites was above normal as shown in the subjoined tabulationNumber tabulation Number ofdays 10 10Number Number of races 70 70Winning Winning favorites 40 40Winning Winning second choices 10 10Winning Winning outsiders 20 20Winners Winners at oddon 10 10Defeated Defeated at oddson 3 3Percentage Percentage of winning favorites SI
