J. B. Respess Still Trying, Daily Racing Form, 1937-05-08

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J B RESPESS STILL TRYING LOUISVILLE Ky May 7 Twentyeight years ago Wintergreen carried Jerome B Respess silks to victory in the Kentucky Derby and never a year has passed that the master of Highland Stock Farm has not hoped to see the feat repeated His Main Man which was pressed for the 1037 renewal was dropped from the list of probable eligi bles after the Trial Purse but with the Kentucky breeder maintaining one of the largest establishments in the state he has not given up hope of winning another Derby Vincent Powers who led the riders In 1908 and 1909 rode Wintergreen and the race was run over a bad track Powers Is the only rider to have led both the flat riders and those that rode through the field


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