Coast Motion Picture Chief Inspects Texas Stud Farms, Daily Racing Form, 1943-06-11

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Coast Motion Picture Chief Inspects Texas Stud Farms FarmsDALLAS DALLAS Texas June ip Lou Shapiro West Coast thoroughbred enthusiast and chief of RKOs location unit who convoyed Pat OBrien and the other Bombardier stars on their personal appearance tour through Texas was glad to get back to Fort Worth and this city where he has nu ¬ merous friends in the turf and breeding industry After turning his film players over to the local committee Shapiro hied to Top o the Hill Stock Farm to visit Bud Burmester and Jack Jarvis and from the Arlington farm started on a trip to George McCameys place the big Reynolds Bros establishment State Senator Jesse Martins farm judge Alfred McKnights place and wound up at Bluebirds Arlington Downs breeding farm farmWhat What a pity you have no racing here with all these fine breeding establishments and foals of 1943 thai Ive seen said Sha ¬ piro who once had a horse named after him He wasnt a bad one either said Shapiro He also commended the Texas breeders for their courage in carrying on Theres a brighter day coming and once we get started in California again and after this war is over horsemen will be in clover so far as the industry is concerned he added Shapiro is a close friend of Robert McGarvey former Milky Way chief and showed much interest in Sangreal George McCameys stallion and onetime Milky Way racer


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