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OH JOHNNY Double stakes winner at the Jamaica meeting and leading money winner with earnings of 56007 Jamaica Attendance and Handle Up Six 3000000 Days at Meeting MeetingAverage Average 2299337 Daily With Turnstile Count of 26179 Oh Johnny Leader LeaderBy By Staff Correspondent CorrespondentThe The 38day Jamaica meeting which van from March 28 through May 10 registered gains in both attendance and mutuel handle statistics compiled by DAILY RACING FORM reveal The per diem average at tendance count was 26179 an increase of 803 over the 1957 figure of 25376 The daily average mutuel play for the 38 days was 2299337 up 3428 per day over the 2295909 figure for the corresponding meeting last spring The 1957 spring meet ¬ ing was of 50 days duration 12 more than this spring springOn On April 5 the gate count was 44004 he highest since April 14 1956 Then two weeks later that figure was bettered with 44078 passing through the turnstiles The week of April 14 to April 19 saw a total attendance of 174101 the biggest single week on record recordA A new daily double pool record was set and bettered during the meeting On April 19 304210 was wagered in this form of betting while on April 26 that mark tum ¬ bled when 304322 went through the Double machines machinesThe The handle went over the 3000000 mark six times with the April 19 figure of 3592141 the largest for the meeting On April 26 the total was 3570365 on April 5 3568242 April 12 3497303 May 10 3478706 and March 29 3082832 Jamaicas alltime attendance record is 64670 set May 30 1945 while its single day mutuel high is 4349835 the total for the October 20 1945 card cardPrioress Prioress Divided DividedThirteen Thirteen stakes were run at the Jamaica meeting and the Prioress for threeyear old fillies was offered in two divisions Airs Wallace Gilroys Oh Johnny was the only double stakes winner accounting for the Gotham and the Grey Lag He thus earned 56007 to take down first place among the moneywinning horses at the meeting Maine Chance Farms Jewels Re ¬ ward victorious in the Wood Memorial was second high with his purse Of 37575 from that race Edward Seinfelds Admiral Vee winner of the Paumonok and second in the Grey Lag ranked third with 27460 27460The The Mrs Ethel D Jacobs stable led the owners with 76607 It had i3 wins 12 seconds and 11 thirds Mrs Elizabeth N Grahams Maine Chance Farm ranked sec ¬ ond with 60605 while Mrs Wallace Gil roy rounded out the triumvirate of women leaders with 60007 60007Ismael Ismael Valenzuela took down riding honors booting home 34 winners during the meeting He accepted 162 mounts so had 21 per cent winners Valenzuela rides for the Hirsch Jacobstrained stable The latter made a runaway of the trainers race saddling 25 victors to 12 for his brother Eugene EugeneJohn John Ruane who lost his apprentice allowance during the meeting and Man ¬ uel Ycaza tied for second place among the reinsmen with 27 winners each Ycaza had the best percentage among the leaders accepting only 93 mounts for 29 per cent winners And there was a tie for fourth place too with Eddie Arcaro and Ted At ¬ kinson having 22 winners each eachJamaica Jamaica statistics follow followMarch March 28 to May JO 38 Days Gross distribution 1645000 1645000Net Net distribution 1593125 1593125Daily Daily average net distribution 4192434 Attendance 994783 994783Daily Daily average attendance 26179 26179Mutuel Mutuel handle 87374821 87374821Daily Daily average mutuel handle 2299337 2299337Leading Leading MoneyWinning Owners Owner 1st 1stJacobs 2nd 3rd Won Jacobs Mrs E D 13 13Maine 12 11 76607 Maine Chance Farm 6 6GilroyTMrs 643 60605 GilroyTMrs W 2 2Seinfeld 223 60007 Seinfeld E 2 2Bieber 220 34075 Bieber I 10 10Lewis 6 6 33555 Lewis G 3 3Burke 314 32512 Burke Jan 7 7Happy 762 29395 Happy Hill Farm 1 1Chenery 14 1 27185 Chenery C T 3 3Cain 35 5 25470 Cain Hoy Stable 6 635 24890 Leading MoneyWinning Horses Horse 1st 2nd 3rd Won Oh Johnny 20 0 56007 Jewels Reward 10 0 37575 Admiral Vee 110 27460 Outer Space 2 0 1 24725 Martins Rullah 102 24612 Kingmaker 1st 2nd 3rd rd Won 110 0 20257 110i i r 0 18807 0 17950 Leading Winning Jockeys Jockey Mis 1st 2nd 3rd Valenzuela I 162 34 18 25 Ruane J 185 27 26 18 Ycaza M 93 27 17 21 Arcaro E 126 22 22 14 Atkinson T 156 22 28 31 BolandW 119 16 18 20 Guerin E 83 14 13 5 Leonard J 97 15 13 21 21S3 Bailey P J S3 13 11 10 Nelson E Leading Winning Trainers TrainersTrainer Trainer Wins Trainer Jacobs H 25 Padovani M Jacobs Eugene 12 Winfrey G C 7 Jerkens H A 11 Cundall FE 6 Waller TM 11 LaurinL 6 6Goodwin Goodwin HH 8 ParkeIH 6 6Combest Combest N 7 Robertson A G 6 6HoltonE HoltonE 7 Stephens W C 6 6The The following stakes were decided Stake Date Winner Value ValuePaumonok Paumonok Handicap March 28 Ad ¬ miral Vee 15285 15285Swift Swift Stakes March 29 Hubcap 17445 17445Gotham Gotham Stakes April 5 Oh Johnny 18257 18257Prioress Prioress Stakes 1st Div April 9 Milady Dares 10946 10946Prioress Prioress Stakes 2nd Div April 9 9Dixie Dixie Miss 11076 11076Experimental Experimental Handicap April 12 12Martins Martins Rullah 17462 17462Correction Correction Handicap April 16 16Searching Searching 14537 14537Wood Wood Memorial Stakes April 19 Jewels Reward 37575 37575Jamaica Jamaica Handicap April 23 Lev elation 14797 14797Excelsior Excelsior Handicap April 26 King ¬ maker 18615 18615Rosedale Rosedale Stakes April 30 Lawdy LawdyClaudy Claudy 11086 11086Bed Bed o Roses Handicap May 3 3Outer Outer Space 17575 17575Youthful Youthful Stakes May 7 Royal An ¬ them 10810 10810Grey f Grey Lag Handicap May 10 Oh Johnny 37750 37750The The percentage of winning favorites was wasabove above normal as shown in the subjoined subjoinedtabulation tabulation Number of races 304 304Winning Winning favorites 110 110Percentage Percentage of winning favorites 36 36Dead Dead heat for win 0
