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I "OLD MAN" GEO. MOUNTAIN; , I Popular Chicago Boy and Star of 20 Years Ago Is Leading Jockey of Venezuela. Chicago sportsmen and devotees of racing, not only here but elsewhere- throughout the country, will be- pleased to learn that Jockey George !•.. Mountain is the leading rider of Venesuehv Mountain is a Chicago boy who. even as far back as twenty years ago. was known on American race tracks as "Old Man Mountain." The "old man" in those- days , was one- of the fore-most riders in this country and evidently Mountain has discovered th ■ "Fountain of Youth" as he is not only able I to ride but leads th • jockeys of Vene/.ue-la. 1 Mountain is riding for Oe-n. Jose- Viieiit Gomes and his father, the- president of Venezuela, who has twenty of the- i»est horses in that country, where racing is only con-ducted OU Sundays. J. H Johnson, a California!!, has been trainer of this establishment for the past three years
