Raleigh Colstons Death, Daily Racing Form, 1928-05-21

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RALEIGH COLSTONS DEATH LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 19.— The death of the veteran negro horseman Raleigh Colston, who had been ill for several months, marked the parsing of the last of the noted negro trainers, who learned the art of conditioning thoroughbreds under the Harpers. Alexanders and others of a score or more years ago. Colston was sixty-six years old at the time of his death.


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