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NEBRASKA AND IOWA OWNERS RACING STOCK AT OMAHA OMAHAMany Many Were Highly Succesful at AkSarBen Last Season SeasonOMAHA OMAHA Neb May 29 Nebraska and Iowa thoroughbred owners racing at the current AkSarBen meeting can be counted upon for their full share of the liberal purse distribution being offered here hereOnly Only a comparatively few years ago Ne ¬ braska and Iowabred horses were but little known outside their own local circles com ¬ mented W H Schellberg AkSarBen racing chairman Today thanks in no small measure to the influence of AkSarBens annual racing season bwners and their horses from this section are both known f and respected at tracks from Seattle to Mi ami and from Massachusetts to Agua Cal iente ienteChairman Chairman Schellberg pointed to the fact that it was a Nebraskan M H Van Berg of Columbus who came out top money win ¬ ner at the 1940 AkSarBen meeting To do that his stable had to win consistently over some of the best horseflesh in the country Van Berg is already at the track with one of the largest stables to check in so far this year which he is counting on to repeat the 1940 record recordOMAHA OMAHA MERCHANT MERCHANTAnother Another outstanding stable also one of the largest is that of Morton Whitebrook Omaha merchant who with Van Berg went on from AkSarBen to meet with further success at other meetings meetingsThe The Nebraska roll includes other owners whose horses have gone places all over the racing world E K Murray of Omaha Harold Nellor of Beemer Art Dishong Au burn and W E Ball of Tekamah have entries to be reckoned with in any race not to mention Earl Beezley of Syracuse whose stable has joined Americas topflight ranks ranksThe The list of lowans whose entries can be counted on to make a race of any start includes George Pruett Mt Ayr A L Birch Storm Lake H C McConnell Grand River J P Kantmeyer and L Washburn of Sioux City James Devine and James Eckrosh DCS Moines George Cruise Massena and E E Ellenwood of Creston CrestonFrom From the standpoint of breeding and ac ¬ tual track performance the middle west is making em sitlip and take notice
