Show t BACKSEAT DRIVING i Jockey Rides Winners S More Skiing Activity Nelsen Nelson Loses Hand Han By FRANK K It BAKER Telegram Sports Editor Johnny Gilbert Takes Lead in J Jockey ey Race Theres There's a bit of gratification In the successes of year 17 year old old Johnny Gilbert Gilbert Gil Gil- bert with his more mole more than than winners as a 1 jockey so far this year for this youth from Pittsburg Kan is the I sole ole support of a widowed mother an invalid brother and two sisters When Johnny booted three e winners home at Jefferson park in New Orleans Or Or- Orleans leans leans one day this week he took a lead of seven winners over Hank Mills l his nearest rival for the 1932 jockey championship His HI third of 01 the day was his of of the year and assured himself of a place in the jockeys' jockeys hall hail of fame for or it made him the thirteenth American jockey since 1896 and the third since 1910 to reach that height With a little more than a 1 week to togo go Gilbert cannot threaten the high scorers in the list of 13 star riders Two of them have brought more than moun mounts past the judg judges judges' s' s stand in front Walter Miller rode winners win o ners in 1906 and in 1907 The next year V. V Powers scored on mounts The best marks since then have been by Ivan Parke I in 1924 and by the thc last rider to reach the high highmark mark before Gilbert L. L Hardy who did it in 1927 |