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DEATH OF AN OLD TIME COLORED JOCKEY. Cincinnati, O., September 18. Henry Zimmerman, aged 70, at one time well known as a jockey, was found dead yesterday afternoon sitting in a chair at the home of Miss Mabel -Hoffman on Race Street, where he was employed as a butler. Zimmerman at one time ranked among the foremost colored riders, and piloted many a famous horse to victory in the long races of another generation. He is said to have enjoyed a longer life than any other rider on the American turf. Coroner Cameron was notified and found death due to natural causes. The body was taken to the morgue and is unclaimed. He has a wife living in Batavia, Ohio.
