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I , 1 ilitlllllll Dogoon Dogoon Annexes Annexes Balmoral Balmoral Honors; Honors; Jamaicas Jamaicas Daily Daily Average Average Handle Handle Up Up Gain of 5,913 Over 1956 Meeting Crowds Down Only 290 Per Diem; ,409.90 Double Sets Record; Atkinson Top Jockey By Staff Correspondent Jamaicas 50-day meeting, the first on the New York circuit this season, averaged ,295,909 in mutuel play, for a daily gain of 5,913 over the corresponding meeting in 1956 when the session comprised only 36 days. Daily Racing Form statistics -also reveal that attendance at the recent session, which began April 1 and terminated May 28, averaged 25,376, down only 290 per day over last year. The biggest day of the meeting was Saturday, April 20, when the turnstiles showed a count of 42,122 and the mutuel machines clicked to the tune of ,609,059. The previous week end, April 13, was the second best attendance with a gate count of 41,-584, while Saturday, April 27, saw the mutuel play hit ,591,630. In all, there were eight Saturdays on which the mutuel play passed the ,000,000 mark. A new Daily Double payoff record for Jamaica was set on April 17 when the combination of Prideful and O. K. Bud returned ,409.90. The previous high for Jamaica was ,461.10 provided by .Royal Viola and Boots on October 14, 1953 The record New York double is the ,313.90 returned by Buddie Bones and Junction City on August 27, 1945, during the Sara-toga-at-Belmont Park meeting. There were 32 tickets of the denomination and two of the 0 variety sold on the Prideful-O. K. Bud combination. Prideful returned 4.90 straight and O. K. Bud, 24.10. Sixteen Stakes Decided There were 16 stakes decided at the meeting and the filly Little Pache and the juvenile Poly Hi each won .a pair. Little Pache won the Correction and Bed o Roses, while Poly Hi scored in the Rose-dale and the Fashion. Little Pache is owned by the Ellis Farm of the Litwin Brothers, while Poly Hi carries the colors of Mrs. S. George Zauderer. In addition to Little Paches three triumphs she also won an overnight event, Ellis Farm had five other winners and wound up with total earnings of 0,885 for the meeting. As a result, Ellis topped Wheatley Stable for leading money winning honors, the Mrs. Henry Carnegie Phipps establishment having 0,510. A close third in this department was Mrs. Ethel D. Jacobs stable with 8,930. Kingmaker, who carries the colors of Cortwright Wetherhills Happy Hill Farm, was the leading money winner at the session with 3,675. The four-year-old altered son of Princequillo Raise You, by Case Ace, accounted for the Grey Lag and one overnight race. Little Pache ranked second with 2,900. Wheatleys Bold Ruler, victor over Ralph Lowes Gallant Man in a thrilling renewal of the Wood Memorial, earned 0,800 in the effort, sufficient to give him third place in the standings. The veteran Ted Atkinson paced the riders, booting home 45 winners. Robert j I Ussery placed with 41, followed by Eddie! Arcaro with 33. Atkinson had the lone riding feat of the meeting, scoring with four out of eight mounts on April 25. H. A. Jerkens topped the trainers list with 15 saddling successes. Frank E. Cun-dall and Hirsch Jacobs tied for second with 14 winners apiece. Jamaica statistics follow: April 7 to May 2850 Days Gross distribution ,016,725 Net distribution ,955,250 Daily average net distribution 9,105.00 Attendance 1,268,824 Daily average attendance 25,376 Mutuel handle 14,795,436 Daily average mutuel handle ,295,909 Leading Money-Winning Owners Owner. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Won. Ellis Farm 8 4 3 0,885 Wheatley Stable 5 4 5 60,510 Jacobs, Mrs. E. D. 6 13 15 58,930 WOOD MEMORIAL FINISH Bold Ruler right, gaining a nose decision over Gallant Man in the 9,400 Wood Memorial at Jamaica, on April 20. The Wheatley Stable colt earned a net purse of 0,800 and set a new track record of 1:485 for, the one mile and a furlong event. I j Owner. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Won. Happy Hill Farm 4 0 1 50,250 Lowe.R. 5 5 3 37,015 King Ranch 5 8 2 36,605 Streuber, R.O. J. 7 7 4 34,920 Brookmeade Stable 3 2 1 287000 Appelbaum, J.L. 2 1 0 27,725 Burke, Jan 7 4 3 27,370 Leading Money-Winning Horses Horse. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Won. Kingmaker 2 0 0 3,675 Little Pache 3 1.0 42,900 Bold Ruler 1 0 0 40,800 Poly Hi 2 0 0 24,450 Mister Jive 1 0 0 23,900 Midafternoon 2 0 0 23,650 Floral Park 2 1 0 23,575 Beam Rider 1 4 0 21,925 Pertshire 1 1-1 18,150 KingHairan 10 1 17,750 Leading Winning Jockeys Jockey. Mts. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Unp. PC. Atkinson, T. 248 45 42 35 126 .18 Ussery, R. 203 41 23 33 106.20 Arcaro, E. 169 33 27 23 86 .20 Boland,W. 178 29 28 25 96 .16 Sterling, R. 204 28 29 17 120 .14 Woodhouse, H. 150 21 19 18 92 .14 Lester, W. 89 20 15 10 44 .22 Decker, E.J. 147 18 21 16 92 .12 Guerin.E. 158 18 22 19 99 .11 Bailey, P. J. 126 17 19 16 74 .13 Leading Winning Trainers Trainer. Wins. Trainer. Wins. Jerkens, H. A. 15 Nerud, J. A. 9 Cundall,F.E. 14 Stephens, W. W. 9 Jacobs, H. 14 Winfrey, G. C. 9 Christmas, B. F. 11 Fitzsimmons, J. 8 Holton.E. 10 Padovani.M. 8 The following stakes were decided : Stake. Date. Winner. Value. Paumonok Handicap, April 1; Jet Action 5,850 Swift Stakes, April 6; King Hairan 15,750 Prioress Stakes, April 10; I Offbeat 16,250 Gotham Stakes, April 13; Mister Jive 21,400 Correction Handicap, April 17; Little Pache 15,100 Wood Memorial Handicap, April 20; Bold Ruler 40,800 Jamaica Handicap, April 24; Pertshire 16,700 Stake. Date. Winner. Value. Excelsior Handicap, April 27; Mid-afternoon 19,750 Youthful Stakes, May 1; Bolero TJ. 11,625 Bed o Roses Handicap, May 4; Little Pache 18,900 Rosedale Stakes, May 8; Poly Hi. . 11,875 Grey Lag Handicap, May 11; Kingmaker 38,800 Champlain Handicap, May 15; -Happy Princess 16,350 Wilson Handicap, May 18; Jovial Jove 16,000 Fashion Stakes, May 22; Poly Hi.. 12,575 Bellerose Handicap, May 25; Floral Park 18,800 The percentage of winning favorites was above normal, as shown in the subjoined tabulation: Number of races 400 Winning favorites 134 Winning second choices . . 95 Winning outsiders 172 Winners at odds-on 33 Defeated at odds-on 28 Percentage of winning favorites .34 Dead heats One for win
