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COMES FROM FAMILY OF HORSEMEN. Shelby West, who trains the stable of L. P. Doer-hoefer, is the fifth generation of successful horsemen in the West family. His great-great-grandfather. James Lyue West, at one time owned the two celebrated mares, Maria West and Black Sophia. , to which many of the star turf iierformers of today trace. Shelby Wests great-grandfather, Preston West, was the first secretary of the Lexington Racing Association, and his grandfather, Orville O. West, was a successful trainer, dying last year at an advanced Jige. Ills father. P. M. West, is a well-known horseman and for thirty years has been a successful trainer of horses. James Lyne West. Shelby AVests great-great-grandfather, was a civil engineer lx?fore he became interested in horses. He was the first, settler at Georgetown. ICy.. and located .there as early at 17.S7. Shelby Wests greatgrandfather was born In 1801. For continuous connection .with horses the record of the five generations of the West family is as unique as it is remarkable. Louisville Courier-Journal.
