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Woman Trainer Is Wheeling Leader LeaderMrs Mrs GA Saportas Jr Sends Out 12 Winners at 26Day Meet 100000 Attendance AttendanceWheeling Wheeling Downs the halfmile track in the West Viriginia city by the same name was slightly under daily average attendance and parimutuel marks for its initial 1953 meeting as compared with the first of two meetings held there in 1952 However an equitable comparison is impossible because last years session ran for 55 days and was held in the fall whereas the meeting just concluded Memorial Day was for 26 after ¬ noons noonsWheelings Wheelings daily average attendance this year was 3846 against 4261 in 1952 and 3672 in 1951 The daily average mutuel handle hit 200807 as compared with 230122 last year and 208419 two years ago The 1951 sesion lasted 61 days daysAn An estimated 100000 fans attended this springs 26 programs and wagered 5220 988 Horsemen received a net distribution of 264500 from a gross of 266470 with the daily average 1017308 1017308Four Four handicaps highlighted the meeting Old Mason captured the Mason Dixon Lucky William the Fort Henry Duke Aumar the Betty Zane and Triflin Neibor won the Memorial Day Handicap HandicapTriflin Triflin Neibor Top Horse HorseTriflin Triflin Neibor was the leading money winning horse with one victory a second and one third place finish earning 5975 Next in line came Lucky William with three triumphs and 5540 a scant 15 ahead of Duke Aumar AumarThe The string of G R White headed the moneywinning owners list on a bankroll of 13310 A L Birchs sum of 10375 netted runnerup honors honorsPacing Pacing the trainers pack was one of racings few women conditioners Mrs G A Saportas Jr who beat out R W Me Donnel for top laurels by one winner 12 to 11 11J J F Rector took the leading jockey accolade by virtue of 29 victors out of 133 mounts Rectors percentage of winners was 22 He held a margin of 10 winners over R Bauer S R Williams wound up with the best percentage though 28 28Eightynine Eightynine favorites in the 216 races run accomplished what was expected of them for a 41 mark making the winning favorites percentage above normal normalComplete Complete Wheeling Downs statistics statisticsMay May 1 fo May 30 26 Days DaysGross Gross distribution 266470 266470Net Net distribution 264500 264500Daily Daily average net distribution 1017308 1017308Attendance Attendance Estimated 100000 100000Daily Daily average attendance 3846 3846Mutuel Mutuel Handle 5220988 5220988Daily Daily average mutuel handle 200807 200807Leading Leading MoneyWinning Owners OwnersOwner Owner 1st 2nd 3rd Won WonWhite White G R 11 53 13310 13310Birch Birch A L 751 10375 10375Wilson Wilson F J 614 6630 6630Goulet Goulet A Ill 5975 5975RoganrMrs RoganrMrs M 102 5890 5890Leading Leading MoneyWinning Horses HorsesHorse Horse 1st 2nd 3rd Won WonTriflin Triflin Neibor 111 5975 5975Lucky Lucky William 300 5540 5540Duke Duke Aumar 1 0 0 5525 5525Old Old Mason 110 3585 3585Hi Hi Decker 021 3075 3075Leading JockeysJockey Leading Jockeys Jockey Mts 1st 2nd 3rd Unp PC PCRector PCRector Rector M F 133 29 18 21 6522 6522Bauer 6522Bauer Bauer R 119 19 15 14 71 16 16Williams Williams S R 60 17 11 11 21 28 28Chiapetta Chiapetta S 68 14 13 8 33 21 21Young Young F 109 14 11 13 71 13 13Leading Leading Trainers TrainersTrainer Trainer Wins Trainer Wins WinsSaportas Saportas Armstrong R Mrs G A Jr 12 Duffy R F McDonnel R W 11 Wilson F J JThe The percentage of winning favorites was above normal as shown in the subjoined tabulation Number of races 216 216Winning Winning favorites 89 89Winning Winning second choices 48 48Winning Winning outsiders 7 7Winners Winners at oddson 20 20Defeated Defeated at oddson 14 14Percentage Percentage of winning favorites 41 41Dead Dead heats to win None NoneFollowing Following is the list of stakes that were decided decidedStake Stake Date Winner Value ValueMason Mason Dixon Handicap May 2 Old Ma ¬ son 2585 2585Fort Fort Henry Handicap May 16 Lucky William 3590 3590Betty Betty Zane Handicap May 23 Duke Aumar 5275 5275Memorial Memorial Day Handicap May 30 Triflin Neibor 5525
