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FRED BURLEW PASSES AWAY Prominent and Successful Trainer Here and Abroad Fails To Survive Operation. NEW YORK, N. T., May 3— A pall of gloom was cast over the Jamaica track when word was passed around that Fred Burlew had died at the Mount Sinai Hospital, following an operation for a clot on the brain. Burlew was in his fifty-sixth year and had been associated with racing the greater part of his life. He rode in the West as a boy and later branched out as a trainer, in which vocation he developed rare skill and attained a full measure of success. Burlew was one of the old school and hailed from St Louis. He trained for several prominent stables in this country and abroad. He was with Newton Bennington, when that stable housed such stars as Beldame and First Water. He went to France in 1910 and took charge of the stable of Clarence Mackay, with Frank ONeill as the stable rider. Previous to that time he raced in partnership with Frank ONeill and the stable was known as the B. and O. Stable. Ipon his return to the United States he became associated v/h Benjamin Block and pointed the speedy California-bred Morvich for the Kentucky Derby, which he won. He was associated with Mr. Block until he was taken ill and entered Mount Sinai Hospital. The funeral will be from his late residence today. He is survived by his widow.
