JOCKEYS’ CHAMPIONSHIP
Me GARTEN'S ACHIEVEMENT PRICE READING TRAINER EX-DOM IN lON SPORTSMEN (Klee. Tel. Copyright —United Press Assn.) (Reed. July 31, 9 a.m.) SYDNEY'. July 30. The jockeys’ premiership resulted in a win for the former New Zealandei, M. McCarten, with 87 wins and two dead-heats. W. Lappin was second with 85 wins and four dead-heats. E. McMenamin was third with 84 wins and three dead-heats. Then came P Munro, with 74 wins and two deadbeats; E. Bartle, GG wins and three dead-heats. McCarten and Lappm were equal till the last race at Moorefielct, in which McCarten rode the winner and Lappin had no mount. For years McCarten has been among the leaders at the end of the season, but this is his first win in 19 seasons in Australia. He is the first jockey to have been a leading rider in both New Zealand and Australia. G Price, also a former New Zealander, heads the list of trainers with 29 firsts. Then follow B. Payten, 20 firsts and one dead-heat; C. Russell, 25 firsts and one dead-heat; F. Cush, 22 firsts and two dead-heats. J. T. Jamieson, with 14 firsts and one deadheat, was eleventh.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20003, 31 July 1939, Page 9
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196JOCKEYS’ CHAMPIONSHIP Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20003, 31 July 1939, Page 9
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