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. — . , Bay Meadows Meeting Goes Into Books as One of Best Rich Purses Attract Classy « Racing Talent; Attendance, , Wagering Increase Over 56 By Staff Correspondent The California Jockey Clubs spring meeting of 55 days, which overlapped the closing days of the Santa Anita season and several of the first days at Hollywood Park, will go into the record books as one of the most successful sessions ever held in northern California. Figures for both attendance and mutuel handle exceeded those of last year, when the meeting was conducted in the fall, and the racing itself provided competition of the keenest sort. Bay Meadows hung up its richest assortment of purses and they helped to attract to the San Mateo course some of the Wests best racing talent including Round Table who won the Bay Meadows Derby and then went East to win the Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland in track-record time and to finish third in the famed Kentucky Derby. Bay Meadows distributed a total of ,510,060 in purses, which included the 00,000 William P. Kyne Memorial Handicap. The total handle for the 55 days was 2,907,666 for a daily average of 80,139 and the total attendance was 676,669 for an average of 12.303. The meeting was conducted under the joint directorship of Mrs. Kyne, whose husband passed away only a week before the opening of the track, and Joseph Cohen, long time associate of the late Mr. Kyne. It was Mrs. Kynes first active participation in the management of Bay Meadows and that she did a competent job in such a complex position is reflected in the success of the track. Most Exciting Race The most exciting race of the season was the Kyne Handicap in which the first five horses under the wire were lapped on each other, but patrons probably were more delighted with the outcome of the Bay Meadows Derby which earned Round Table the trip to Kentucky. In the Kyne Handicap, Pibe Carlitos, Eddie Schmidt, Count Chic, Rumbo and Holandes II. reached the end of the mile and one-eighth with scarcely a length separating the whole field of 15. Pibe Carlitos, an Argentine import purchased earlier in the meeting by Mr. and Mrs. Ray Camp from the International Stable, was a supplemental nominee for the Kyne as was Round Table for the Bay Meadows Derby. Three other foreign-breds also won stakes here this spring. The Argentine Holandes II. won the Robert OBrien Memorial at a mile and one-sixteenth, the Argentine I Rumbo captured the Burlingame Handicap in his first start in this country and the Irish -bred Windsor Serial took the Alameda County Handicap at six furlongs. In all, Bay Meadows offered 13 stakes ranging in value from 0,000 added to 00,000 gross guaranteed. The biggest money-winning stable of the season was that maintained by Mr. and Mrs. Ray Camp; the leading trainer in point of winners was Dale Landers and jockeys W. Harmatz and A. Maese headed the riders. Bay Meadows statistics follow: February 22 to May 17 — 55 Days Gross distribution ,510,060 Net distribution ,418,950 Daily average net distribution 5,799.09 Attendance 676,669 Daily average attendance 12,303 Mutuel handle 2,907,666 Daily average mutuel handle 80,139 Leading Money-Winning Owners Owner. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Won. Camp, Mr. and Mrs. R. 4 5 5 0,505 Kerr Stable 8 5 3 45,280 Goodman, Mr. and Mrs. W.C. 3 11 33,550 Lozzi, D.A. 3 2 3 33,330 ElobeeFarm 0 3 1 25,230 R. R. McDaniel Co. 7 6 4 24,025 Jennilenda Stable 2 13 22,520 International Stable 3 2 0 21.890 McCarthy, N. S. 4 3 2 19.555 Sunnyside Stable 10 0 18.300 Leading Money-Winning Horses Horse. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Won. Pibe Carlitos 2 11 3,900 Murray Canyon 2 0 0 31,675 Count Chic 112 29,700 Eddie Schmidt 0 3 0 24.500 Round Table 10 0 24,375 Battle Dance 10 3 19.595 Infantry 1 0 0 18,300 Holandes II. 10 0 14,520 Windsor Serial 12 0 13.920 Rumbo 10 0 13,600 Leading Winning Jockeys Jockey. Mts. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Unp. PC. Harmatz, W. 239 30 24 40 145 .13 Maese, A. 229 30 31 27 141 .13 Valenzuela. I. 165 26 18 19 102 .16 York, R. 209 23 21 22 143 .11 Moreno, P. 140 23 12 17 88 .16 Neves, R. 130 23 19 10 78 .18 Porter. P. 195 22 19 18 136 .11 Skuse. W. 208 22 27 21 138 .11 Taniguchi, G. 113 21 20 10 62 .19 Domiriguez.T. 166 21 24 18 103 .13 Leading Winning Trainers Trainer. Wins. Trainer. Wins. Landers, D. 21 Gregory, J. R. 9 Molter, W. 14 Kidd, L. W. 8 Wyndle, W.H. 13 Roberts, B. R. 8 Colosia.H. M. 12 Sargent, W.. Jr. 8 Hirsch, W.J. 11 Stute, W. 8 Helton, L. 9 The following stakes were decided: Stake. Date. Winner. ~ Value. Springtime Handicap, February 22; Mobile $ 6,250 Burlingame Handicap, February 23; Rumbo 6.100 San Jose Handicap, March 2; No Bumps 9.385 Bay Meadows Handicap, March 9; Count Chic 12,700 Art Sparks Handicap, March 16; Battle Dance 9,995 Salinas Stakes «lst dhO, March 23; Royal Clipper 6,875 Salinas Stakes 2nd dtv., March 23; El Bolero 6.975 San Mateo Debutante Stakes, March 30; Pie Face 10,750 Bay Meadows Derby, April 6; Round Table 24,375 Robert OBrien Memorial Handicap, April 13; Holandes II. 9,520 Bay Meadows Futurity, April 20; Murray Canyon 29.275 William P. Kyne Memorial Handicap, April 27; Pibe Carlitos 58,900 Alameda County Handicap, May 4; Windsor Serial 9.920 Childrens Hospital Handicap, May 11; Infantry 17.550 The percentage of winning favorites was below normal, as shown in the subjoined tabulation: Number of races 454 Winning favorites 133 Winning second choices 84 Winning outsiders 239 Winners at odds-on 12 Defeated at odds-on n Percentage of winning favorites .29 Dead heats 2 for win
