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Many Newcomers to Race At Ak-Sar-Ben This Year California Will Haye Strong Representation at Omaha Oval OMAHA, Neb., May 19. Ak-Sar-Ben racing fans are going to see a lot of new faces when the 1942 meeting gets under way at Omaha on May 26, reports. racing secretary Dick Leigh. Among those making their Ak-Sar-Ben bow this year are stables that range from big-time outfits of a dozen or more horses traveling via ritzy express cars, to the one-horse stables that arrive at the track in not so ritzy trailers or what have you. But theyre here, Leigh says, and when the cry, "theyre off" goes up, fans will be treated to some of the fanciest as well as most colorful racing ever brought to this part of the country. Among the snappy California stables making their Ak-Sar-Ben bow is that of Mosier Helm, who has 11 head. Also the 14-head string from Errol MacBoyles Loraa Rica Rancho under the wing of trainer Paul Lycan; five head brought in by Dolan and Cunningham in charge of Jimmie Wise, who rode at Ak-Sar-Ben back in the old days; W.W.Guernsey, with seven head, and the all-gray stable of E. E. Fogelson. From far-off Waitsburg, Wash., is the nine-head stable of J. V. Stewart, and from Reno, Nev.i Molly Gibb, wealthy sportswoman, blessed with good looks as well as horses. Capt. Patrick I. OHay, widely known adventurer from Taos, Nf M., is grooming a quartet of sprinters for their first Ak-Sar-Ben battles. Also on the grounds is Al Tarns top-flight string of eight head. Expected this week are the Woolford Farms horses from Kansas City. Arrayed against such as these, Leigh adds, will be many old favorites such as Otto Bagleys Old Gold Statue and that of Joe Cooper, both from California; Lee Helton and J. E. Copenhaver, also of the coast state, and Guy and Floyd Shultz, of Oklahoma.
