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OLD MERRICK NOT RACING IN THE WEST LEXINGTON, Ky.. January II. .1. C. Milam to-I day -tate.l that hi- old gelding Merrick wa- not at Ij.s Angeles and did not race hi-t Monday at Ascot Park as reported. Merrick, now seventeen years old. has been enjoying life in retirement at the Milam farm mar this ciiy since he completed hi- racing career iu l!l."i. "Old Merrick hasnt had a bridle , on for five years." naid Milam today. "He has earned Iii- rest and I shall see to it that he has it if lie lives to be fifty years old."
