Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1912 — DERBY LEADS BRITISH TURF [ARTICLE]

DERBY LEADS BRITISH TURF

King George Heads List by Courtesy, but His Triumphs Were Few and of Little Importance. The official list' of this year’s winning owners on the English turf has Just been received at New York. King George heads the list by courtesy, but hife trimphs were few mid unfanpor. tant and. interesting only in that they mark a fresh area of royal support of the British national sport. Lord Derby after a close fight with J. B. Joel fprged ahead near the close of the season, and his $215,000 is the highest total recorded in many years. Joel comes next with $175,000, while Mr. Fairie, who headed the list In 1910 with $175,000, goes down to about one-quarter of that amount through the lack of a Bayardo and the Eclipse of Lemberg. Among the American owners James R. Keene leads with $28,000, while Harry Payne Whitney has $25,000 to his credit. This Is a big drop from laßt year, when his winnings totaled about $70,000. Sunrise, with twelve winners and $165,000 In money, leads the winning sires. Danny Maher, the American rider, loses the riding championship after an unbroken tenure since'l9o4, and for the first time also in this period he missed his hundred winning mounts, reaching ninety-nine. Frank heads the Jockey tables, riding 187 winners out of 747 mounts.