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JEROME B RESPESS SUCCUMBS Noted Breeder Owner and Trainer Passes Away at Highland Farm Identified with Racing for Over Fifty Years Among the Famous Horses in His HisStable Stable Was Dick Welles LATONIA Ky July 25 Jerome B Res pess 75yearold national turf figure died at his Highland Farm home near Erlanger Kentucky this afternoon afternoonIdentified Identified with racing breeding and the promotional end of racing for nearly a half century the Squire of Erlanger as he was affectionately called by his many friends and acquaintances Jerome B Respess was experienced in every department of the con ¬ duct of racing racingIn In addition to having been an owner trainer and breeder the deceased was at one time part owner of the Latonia race course having purchased the track along with Joe Rhinock with whom he also was associated with the construction of Essex Park in Hot Springs and was also a partner of Edward Corrigan in the City Park race track in New Orleans OrleansOWNED OWNED TRACK STOCK STOCKWhile While the above were Respess major race track holdings he was also a large stock ¬ holder in the old Douglas Park in Louisville and Fairmount Park in East St Louis LouisPrior Prior to his entry in the thoroughbred game Respess was a harness racing enthusi ¬ ast and was a driver as well as an owner of trotters and pacers However the first runner to achieve fame under the purple and white sash of the Respess stable was Dick Welles which he purchased for 5000 as a twoyearold and went on to establish the American record for a mile at the old Har ¬ lem track in Chicago ChicagoAnother Another mark of distinction that sent the name of Jerome B Respess sweeping across the nation occurred when Wishing Ring romped to victory at Latonia under the ban ¬ ner of the Erlanger turfman on July 17 1912 and returned odds of 941 to 1 a record which remains far ahead of any mutuel pay ¬ off since the entry of this system of wager ¬ ing was adopted in the United States
