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HUGHES STARTS CONTROVERSY CONTROVERSYSTANTON STANTON Del June 9 C H Trainer Hughes the venerable whitemustached turfman has started a coasttocoast con ¬ troversy following his appearance as a guest star over WILM on a coasttocoast hookup last weekend Trainer Hughes declared that Colin was a better horse than Man o War and racing fans are fighting it out via the mails Trainer Hughes has been handling running horses since 1887 and before that he was associated with the trotters His greatest contribution to the turf was the Kentucky Derby winner of 1900 Lieut Gib ¬ son Getting around to current turf topics trainer Hughes said of Whirlaway a Kent Handicap eligible A topnotcher of the first rank
