Leighs Office an Igloo: Racing Secretarys Quarters at Aurora Completely Buried in Snow-- Horses Limber Up, Daily Racing Form, 1938-04-09

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LEIGHS OFFICE AN IGLOO Racing Secretarys Quarters at Aurora Completely Buried in Snow Horses Limber Up. AURORA, 111., April 8. Despite the heavy blanket of snow that has covered Chicago and its vicinity for tho past two days, raco fans living in tho vicinity of tho Aurora course were astonished to see horses Umber- " ing up on tho track. Tho explanation is aim-, pie, however. A strong wind piled tho show in drifts, leaving tho Inside of tho track in tho home stretch and tho outside of tho back stretch free of snow. Tho offico of Richard Leigh, tho racing, secretary, was something clso again. It took a crew of snow shovclers some tltno to locato tho building and much more tlmo to dig a passage to tho doorway to allow Leigh to enter tho structure. When Leigh wont down tho passage Into tho building ho was lllco tin Eskimo entering hlu igloo.


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