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t to 0 - * | ■ L is a ■ ■ v t - t | I c . r :. r I t t I t 1 t - | J J J 1 1 ! i BETWEEN RACES I By OSCAR OTIS Continued from Page Forty-Eight a trainer. The happenstance caused 1 ] more commotion than had the purses been i raised. This was Shoemakers launching, . under careful coaching by Silbert, into the 2 field of speech, and since then, he has pol- - ] ished his education greatly. And, while he * ] not exactly garrulous, Willie has gradu- - ated to the point he will- carry on his end 1 ] of a conversation and in words of more ] than one syllable. In any event, jockeys s who come under the orbit and influence of f ] the class of agents who might be termed 3 ] the aristocrats of their profession, may V ] consider themselves lucky. Countless boys s ] have been able to ride, and well, but either r ] never had the opportunity, or lacked the e proper advice, council, or guiding hand. A good agent thinks of everything. A A ] Horses and People: Clement Hirsch has s become convinced that the turf adage that t ] "luck runs in cycles" has a foundation in a i truth. A year ago, Hirsch was claiming g -horses, and most everything he haltered * became a stakes winner. At the moment t j he has 13 head, and the entire lot is on 0 -the sidelines through injury, ailment, or r ; sickness ... Calif ornia will have its strong- - , est representation in years at the Breeders1-Sale * in Lexington. A number of Golden » ; State citizens will be making their debut * ; in the Kentucky market . . Rex Ellsworth h ; is breaking in a promising apprentice down n at Caliente, a Tijuana youngster named d Louis M. Leon . B. N. Hutchinson, of * Longacres, is going a racing here at Hollywood. The man has one of Californias s better known farms in the San Fernando-Valley. . .Longacres will race twilight this s summer, as per established custom.
