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Jamaica Wagering Shows 3 Pet. Gain ,359,326 00117 Average Handle Increase Due to Addition Of Ninth Race to Cards; Attendance Shows Decline By Staff Correspondent The Jamaica meeting of 40 days, which inaugurated the New York season on March 25, earliest in the history of the sport in the Empire State showed an increase of 9,989 or 3 per cent in daily average mutuel handle, while attendance was down 8 per cent or 2,186 per day. Statistics compiled by Daily Racing Form reveal a per diem mutuel handle of ,-359,326 and attendance of 23,993 as compared with respective figures of ,299,337 and 26,179 for the corresponding meeting of 38 days in 1958 which ran from March 28 through May 10. The increase in wagering was due to the nine-race programs that were conducted throughout the session, whereas last season only eight races were presented daily. As a result of the additional race, per capita daily betting this year was 8.33 as compared to 7.83 in 1958, an increase of 12 per cent. During the 40 days 360 races were staged, whereas at the 38-day spring meeting in 1958 the total was 304. The drop in attendance can be attributed to the inclement weather that prevailed during the early part of the season. Twelve of the programs were conducted on tracks other than fast but there were several days when, although the track, was fast, the weather was cold and raw and hardly conducive to racegoing. There were six ,000,000 days during the meeting, the handle going above that figure on all Saturdays with the exception of the Saturday of opening week, which was Holy Saturday and the closing day of the Lenten season. Wood Memorial Highlight Wood Memorial Day, April 18, was the highlight of the season, with 40,063 fans • wagering ,945,872 on the nine races. Other days on which the mutuel play went over the ,000,000 figure and the attend- ances on those days were: April 25, ,-682,051, 39,266 fans present; April 4, ,-422,294, 37,738 in attendance; May 9, | ,352,552, with 34,663 present; April 11,1 i ,345,561, and 34,317 fans, and May 2, ,071,465, with a gate count of 31,485. , Manassa Mauler, three-year-old son of Count Turf — Escalade, by Sir Gallahad III. from the stable of Emil Dolce, was Jamaicas leading money winner with 4,680. He won the Wood Memorial, worth a net of 5,915, and two other races and in addition was third in the Jamaica Handicap. The handicap star, Vertex, owned by Joseph J. Brunetti and Frank A. Piarulli, was second in the standings with 4,887, winners share of the Grey Lag Handicap in which he carried 130 pounds and triumphed by almost a length. Brookmeade Stables Big Effort, who accounted for the Bed o Roses Handicap and one other race, was third with 1,907. There were two horses with two stake victories apiece at the meeting. Elkcam Stable and Lou Cheslers Atoll, who won the Swift and the Gotham, gleaned 3,995 at the session, while Brookfield Farms Isendu, in accounting for the Inquisitor and Paumonok, took down 7,422 in purses. The Dolce stable led the owners at the meeting in money won wth a total of 1,-890. In addition to Manassa Maulers three wins and a third, the stable, which is trained by Frank Martin, won five other races, had six seconds and nine other thirds. Although the Mrs. Ethel D. Jacobs stable was without a stake winner at the meeting, it took down 7,755 in purses to give it second place on the owners list. A total of 15 wins, 17 seconds and 10 thirds were posted by the Jacobs establishment during the 40 days. The Brunetti and Piarulli combine, by reason of, Vertex Grey Lag score, was third with 4,887, while Harry Isaacs Brookfield Farm ranked fourth with 2,437. Arcaro Jockey Leader " The veteran Eddie Arcaro won the riding championship of the meeting with 44 wins, two more than Willie Shoemaker; four-time national riding champion. Arcaro accepted 168 mounts, so had 26 per cent winners, while Shoemaker rode in 137 races for 31 per cent winners. Arcaro turned in successive riding feats on April 10 and 11, scoring with four of his five mounts on both days. Shoemaker had "six-for-eight" on April 4 for the outstanding jockey performance of the season to date. Robert Ussery was third in the riders i " standings with 34 winners, while Manuel Ycaza, with 32, finished fourth. Hirsch Jacobs had things pretty much his own way in the trainers race, saddling 28 winners, twice as many as his closet competitior, Edward A. Neloy. Edwin Hol-ton was two behind Neloy, with 12 saddling successes. This was a repeat performance for Jacobs as he also headed the list last spring with 25 victories. Pracla, winner of the fifth race on the April 17 program, returned the largest mutuel of the meeting, a win ticket being worth 84.60. The three-year-old daughter of Primate — Macla, by Snark paid 1.30 to place and 2.50 to show. Jamaica statistics follow: March 25 to May 9—40 Days Gross distribution ,953,875 Net distribution ,897,325 Daily average net distribution 7,433.12 Attendance 959,722 Daily average attendance 23,993 Mutuel handle 4,373,028 Daily average mutuel handle ,359,326 Leading Money-Winning Owners Owner 1«L 2nd. 3rd. Won Dolce, E. 8 6 10 1,890 Jacobs, Mrs. E. D. 15 17 10 67,755 Brunetti and Piarulli 1,0 0 54,887 Brookfield Farm 4 2,1 52,437 Elkcam Stable 4 2 1 47,780 Brookmeade Stable 3 4 1 47,082 Kline, CM. 4 8 4 43,862 Meadow Stable 5 3 5 42,615 Bieber.I. 9 13 7 35,350 Wheatley Stable 7 4 5 35,160 Leading Money-Winning Horses Horse. 1st 2nd. 3rd. Won. Manassa Mauler 3 0 1 4,680 Vertex 10 0 54,887 Big Effort 2 10 41,907 r Atoll 2 0 0 35,995 Mystic II. 2 ,2 0 30,607 Isendu 2 0 0 27,422 Whitley 12 0 25,755 First Landing 110 22,495 Tinkalero 110 20,997 Crafty Skipper 110 19,002 Leading Winning Jockeys ockey. Mts 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Unp PC Arcaro, E. 168 44 23 39 71 .26 Shoemaker, W. 137 42 30 12 53 .31 Ussery, R. 204 34 34 36 100 .17 Ycaza.M. 129 32 24 16 57 .25 Boland.W. 139 16 35 18 70 .12 Nelson, E. 150 16 13 25 96 .11 Valenzuela, A. C. 94 16 11 13 v54 .17 Woodhouse.H. 141 16 18 27 80 .11 Boulmetis.S. 100 15 18 13 54 .15 Guerin.E. 114 15 18 15 66 .13 Leading Winning Trainers Trainer. Wins. Trainer. Wins. Jacobs, H. 28 Martin, F. 9 Neloy, E. A. 14 McLeod, N. R. 9 Holton, E. 12 Padovani, M. 9 Laurin, L. 10 Hirsch, M. 8 Fitzsimmons, J. 9 Schneider, D. J. 8 Jacobs, E. 9 The following stakes were decided: Stake. Date. Winner. Value. Inquisitor Handicap, Mar. 25, Isendu $ 9,750 Swift Stakes, Mar. 28, Atoll 17,705 Paumonok Handicap, Apr. 4, Isendu 17,672 Correction Handicap, Apr. 8, Tinkalero 17,997 Gotham Stakes, Apr. 11, Atoll 18,290 Westchester Handicap, Apr. 15, Mystic n. 18,452 Wood Memorial Stakes, Apr. 18 I Manassa Mauler 55.915 Prioress Stakes, Apr. 22, Miss Royal 18,355 • Excelsior Handicap, Apr. 25, Whitley 18,485 Jamaica Handicap, Apr. 29, Crafty Skipper 17,802 Bed o Roses Handicap, May 2, Big Effort 18,257 Comely Stakes, May 6, Bally Ache 11,362 Grey Leg Handicap, May 9, Vertex 54,887 The percentage of winning favorites was above normal, as shown in the subjoined tabulation: Number of races 360 Winning favorites 140 Percentage of winning favorites .39 Dead heats, for win 0
