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MARY HIRSCH SHOWS THE WAY Places Opening Wedge for Entrance of Women Into Training Profession Displays Skill. NEW ORLEANS, La., Nov. 22. When Mary Hirsch, daughter of Max Hirsch,. decided to embark on a career as trainer of thoroughbreds and was granted a license by the New York Jockey Club, she placed the opening wedge for the feminine sex in this profession. Since Mary Hirsch proved successful virtually from the outset, many others have followed her footsteps. Among the latest to join the group of women trainers is Mrs. Grace Hoff, who hails from Omaha, Neb., and she has been around horses all her life, but not until this year has she applied for a license to train. Mrs. Hoff is the lone woman applicant for a trainers license at the Fair Grounds this season and she has Prince Ballot and Carefully to carry her colors during the Louisiana Jockey Clubs season. Those who have followed Mary Hirsch into the business of training are: Miss Hambla Bauer, Miss Meryl Eckert, Miss Jeanette Reed, Miss Dickie Desteiger, Miss Judy Johnson and Miss Nancy Patterson. The latter has been ranked with Mary Hirsch by the experts of the East and many articles have been written in the past paying tribute to her ability to patch up unsound horses and successfully bring them back to the races. Although women have long been identified with racing as owners, and this branch includes some of the most prominent of society, the success achieved by those mentioned above is quite likely to encourage many more to join the ranks. There are a large number of accomplished equestriennes who may be prompted to try their hand at training race horses purely because of their strong feeling for animals.
