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ABANDONED PROFESSION FOR RACING. Eugene Moyne, owner of Chester Krum and other horses now quartered in the east, is a young New Yorker who drifted Into the racing of horses as a profession. When a lad in his teens he nursed an ambit ion to be a veterinary surgeon and for several years studied medicine with the object in view of branching out as a full-iledged horse doctor. That he did not succeed was not wholly his fault, as an op-portuuty arete for him to start racing horses and lie threw aside ids ambition and lias made quite a snug sum following the thoroughbred. While young in years. Mr.. Moyne has had an abundance of experience. .Some twelve years ago lie crossed the Atlantic witli a shipment of horses as an understudy to a veterinary surgeon whose business it was to look after the health of the equities. After reaching England lie traveled around the different tracks of Europe for two years and a hair and saw a deal of racing as it was conducted in England. France and Germany. Mr. Moyne tlfen returned to New York and embarked in the sport as a bookmaker. He was v successful from the start and a few years ago he started out to got together a stable of his own-Chester Krum is the best horse that has borne his colors to date.
