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Show TOM MURPHY LEADS mm mm New York Driver Cleaned Up $33,557; Season Remarkably Re-markably Successful. NEW YORK, Dec. 2. The harness season sea-son of 1916 probably was the most successful suc-cessful In the entire history of the "sport of kings." This is shown by figures made available here today. So many records were established that it would take an adding machine to total them. One after another the old marks of years' standing were wiped out and new ones posted. And many of those endured for only a week or so. when they, too, were effaced by some newer burst of speed by one or another of the many remarkable horses that were campaigned m 1016. And from out of the dust of many thrilling brushes emerges Tommy Murphy Mur-phy of Poughkeepsie, to wear again the crown that goes to the chain pi -n reins-man. reins-man. The great New York state pilot of trotters and pacers won S 83,5 7 during the season, which topped the second -place Walter ("Long Shot") Cox, bv close to $10,000. A summary of the 1016, and a comparison com-parison with that of 1015, follows: 1 H 1G Twelve meetings; 24S races; 782 heats; average time, 2 :0S . 09 ; purses, S472.41S. 1015 Ten meetings; 2''fi races: 697 hea ts ; average time, 2:0S.57; purses. The fastest average time was made In Columbus, with 2:07.03: the slowest was in Atlanta, where the average was 2:10.01. The richest meeting was the one In Lexington. Ky., where ?SS.620 in purse money was distributed. Atlanta was the "poor" meeting, the awards there totaling total-ing only S21.S20. The winnings of tne leading drivers follow: T. V. Murphv $S3.5-57.00 Walter Cox 73.S73.00 Alonzo McDonald 30.KS2.75 K. F. Goers 30.534.50 Charles Valentine 2VM2.75 Ben White 27.12fi.50 W. G. Durfee 13..25 John F.ir-'leman 1 1 J:. . SO Dick McMahon 10.S7S.25 ' Marvin Cbilds S.i'35.00 Fred Ed man S 201.00 IW. L. Snow 7.145.00 j Some of the champion horses of the j season follow: TROTTING. 'Two-year old The Real Ladj' 2.04'i ; Three-year-old Volga 2:04 Four-year-old Mary Putney 2 : n 4 ai Five-y far-old Lee Axworthy 1 if.SU St. Frisco 2:03M Fastest stallion Lee Axworthy 1 :5S (A gainst time.) Fastest mare Ma1'"' Trask 2:0i; Fastest gelding M. L. J 2:0'i Fnstest new performer The Real Ladv 2:041-; Fastest race record St. Frisco 2:031i Fastest record, half-mile track Lucile Spier 2:061,; (Against time.) Wilkes Brewer (in a race) 2:0Si PACING. Two-vea r-old Doorman 2 :07i Three-veil r-old Fetter Look 2 :i3 (Analnst time.) Ulster Bingen (in race) 2:0i;i; Four-year -oh I XAs 1 1 arris 2:'U '-4 Fastest llve-venr-ol I Ail McK Inner In-ner 2:4 (Asalnst time.) Hazel H. (in rac-) 2:4 Fastest stallion Napoleon Direct ... 1 ;5:i (In race.) 1 Directum 1 l:.".? (Against time.) ! Fattest marc Miss llaxris 2:01 i |