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California Efforts Convinced Guibersons Arroz Should Start StartMR MR AND MRS GORDON GUIBERSON are starting their first Derby horse in Ar ¬ roz The Guibersons have been in the sport some five years They launched their ex ¬ periment in breeding on the Three Gs stock farm near Sacramento Calif on part of some of the most historic acreage in that state a portion of the old Rancho del Paso of the late James Ben All Haggin Guiberson while he has oiMmd oil well tool interests in Dallas Texas is a true Califor nian His gradfather went to California in the gold rush days in a covered wagon He HeContinued Continued on Page TwentySix J Snapshots of Kentucky Derby Personalities Series of 7952 Owners Trainers ana Riders In Limelight Today Some Are Making Debut in Race RaceContinued Continued from Page TwentyThree grew up in the oil business and the family expanded from California into Texas Guiberson served jn the Marine Corps during the last war as a tank expert Upon his release from the service after the war was over he turned to farming in the Sacramento valley and built up Three Gs Stock Farm into one of the show places of Sacramento county He became interested in thoroughbreds first as a spectator at the races then as an owner and breeder and his expansion since his initial venture five years ago has been steady although not spectacular The Guibersons sent Arroz to Kentucky for a Derby try purely as a sport ¬ ing gesture They believed the horse by his California efforts had earned a right to a starting berth
