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Ruane Tops National Riders List April 30 Count Shows 99 Tallies Calumet Farm, Round Table And Vester Wright Retain Their First-Place Rankings By Staff Correspondent At the conclusion of the racing throughout the country on April 30, apprentice John Ruane, the Irish rider, has wrested command from Clarence Meaux for 1958 jockey honors. The score, starting with the May 1 program, was 99 for Ruane and 93 for Meaux. At the previous compilation, on March 31, the pair were deadlocked with 78 winners each. Tlie three other National leaders remained unchanged, statistics compiled exclusively by Daily Racing Form reveal. Mrs. Gene Markeys Calumet Farm is in first place among the owners, the Travis Kerr Stables Round Table leads the horses. and-Vester R. "Tennessee" Wright is first among the trainers. As of April 30, Calumet had 82,050, the .Travis Kerr Stable was second with 61,017, Mrs. Ethel D. Jacobs third with 323,144. The Jacobs stable won most during the past month earning 0,632 to 9,875 for Calumet and ,165 for Kerr. The William Hal Bishop stable has moved into fourth place, with 97,625, the string taking down 4,745 since the last accounting. Round Table was idle during the past month, so Ids total remains at 00,380. Calumets Tim Tarn, favorite for Saturdays Kentucky Derby, a victory in which would send him over the top, was second with 29,980, Promised Land, from the Jacobs stable, is next with 96,165. -~ Bishop in Second Place - Wright was 15 winners ahead of Bishop as of April 30, with 68 wins to 53. Henry Forrest ranked next with 42, followed by William Molter with 31 and James Jordan, who saddled 10 winners the past month, fifth with 28. The names of Bernard P. Bond and Hirsch Jacobs appear on the list the first time and they-jiave 27 winners each. / In the riders standings, William Shoemaker is fourth with 88 followed by Howard Grant, crack Maryland reinsman, with 84. National leaders from January 1 to April 30, inclusive, follow: OWNERS Owner. 1st 2nd. 3rd. Won. Calumet Farm 16 12 12 82,050 Kerr Stable 22 9 12 361,017 Jacobs, Mrs. E. D. 17 20 14 323,044 W. H. Bishop Stable, Inc. 53 73 59 197.625 Brookmeade Stable 10 2 4 180,345 Ross and Klipstein 9 8 4 148,862 Ellsworth, R. C. 31 18 14 147,425 Brown, J. W. 18 11 11 146,270 Llangollen Farm 17 22 18 121,701 Tartan Stable 8 7 6 119,250 Grissom, T. A. 50 35 32 118,542 Maine Chance Farm 11 10 8 112,200 McCarthy, N. S. 7 2 12 110,170 Rice, Ada L. 10 10 8 108,875 Golden Gate Stable 5 4 0 105,725 HORSES Horse. 1st. 2nd. 3rd., Won. Round Table 6 0 0 00,380 TimTam 8 0 2 229,980 Promised Land 3 3 4 196,165 Oligarchy 3 0 1 125,700 Silky Sullivan 3 1 1 103,900 Meeting 3 3 0 101,825 Seaneen 2 1 2 87,350 Tall Chief H. 2 2 0 79,850 Tenacious 4 0 2 77,650 Iron Liege 1 3 0 76.100 Terrang 3 1 0 73,850 Old Pueblo 2 0 0 62,500 Jewels Reward 2 1 0 62,450 St. Amour U. Ill 55,500 Solid Son 3 1 3 50,600 JOCKEYS Jockey. Mts. 1st 2nd. 3rd. Unp. PC. " Ruane, J. 624 99 82 62 381 .16 Meaux. C. 609 93 103 89 324 .15 Shoemaker, W. 337 88 45 40 164 .26 Grant, H. 409 84 62 62 201 .21 Broussard.R. 375 73 54 52 197 .19 Hartack.W. 312 68 54 36 154 .22 York.R. 494 65 49 64 316 .13 Ycaza, M. 298 63 47 49 139 .21 Ferguson, W. 407 59 51 52 245 .15 Heckmann.J. 323 56 46 42 179 .17 Brooks, S. 443 56 54 45 288 .13 Valenzuela, I. 315 53 30 44 188 .17 Saumell.F. 295 50 41 48 156 .17 Pierce, D. 341 50 67 58 166 .15 Baird.R.L. • 313 50 46 35 182 .16 Coy, A. 242 50 28 24 140 .21 TRAINERS Trainer. Wins. Trainer. ~ Wins. Wright, V.R. 68 Merrill, F. H. Jr. 25 Bishop, W.H. 53 Posey, D. * 25 Forrest, H. 42 Stevens, F. 24 Molter. W. 31 Colcord.F. 23 Jordan, J. 28 Branch, W. 21 Bond, B. P. 27 Resseguet.W. 21 Jacobs, H. 27 Tompkins, W. C. 21 Shelton, M. 26 I
