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VARIOUS GOOD RIDERS CLAIM NEBRASKA AND IOWA AS HOME HOMEMany Many Received First Start of Career at AkSarBen Meeting MeetingOMAHA OMAHA Neb May 28 Wlil another midwest boy get his start to fame and for ¬ tune during the 1941 AkSarBen race meet ¬ ing at Omaha now in progress progressThe The AkSarBen oval has sent many a country boy into the big money and the sports page headlines as a result of his turf accomplishments accomplishmentsFor For instance theres Earl Dew the Sac City Iowa boy who won his first race at AkSarBen just a few short years ago Dew won the national jockey championship last year but unfortunately was killed in a race at Agua Caliente Mexico shortly after he had achieved that honor honorThen Then there is Joe Inzelone a native Omaha boy who in 1928 brought in 155 win ¬ ners to top all of Americas jockeys that year yearRacing Racing results from every track are stud ¬ ded with the names of boys from Nebraska and Iowa most of whom have obtained their first start at AkSarBen Theres Irving Anderson of Hoskins Neb contract rider for J H Whitney and Paul Keiper of Eus tis Neb who finished ninth among the na ¬ tions riders last year yearThen Then there is Ira Hanford another Omahan who rode Bold Venture to victory in the 1936 Kentucky Derby and his brother Carl NEBRASKA BOYS BOYSSteve Steve Brooks McCook the late Ray Hight shoe and his brother Ralph Ashland Jack Richard of Hoskins Lyle Whiting Ord Leland Larsen Marquette Henry Manifold Ainswdrth and Charles Shindle of Kearney are other Nebraska boys who have won fame on many tracks One of Americas top steeplechase riders is George Wilfred Walker of Mason City Iowa while the tall corn state has on the running tracks such good riders as Eddie Franklin Des Moines contract rider for Lee Heltons stable Oral K Norton and James Boucher Sioux City Dan Brammer Grand River Morrie Butcher Salix Bobby Farmer Dow City Jack Frye Baird Willie Prehm Eagle Grove Willard J Cook Nashua Har ¬ old L Danford Manchester Willie Garner Centerville Lynn Pierson Cherokee and Freddie Weidaman of Lawton LawtonCity City youths too have made a place for themselves From Omaha comes such riders as Walt Smolinski Robert McCarty J Juarez and Willie Red Bazer BazerMost Most of those listed above are back at AkSarBen trying to boot home a few win ¬ ners during this meeting But the big ques ¬ tion is will a new riding sensation be uncovered at Omaha this year
