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Burton Came to Thoroughbreds By Way of Show Horse Field FieldJ J W BURTON trainer for Reverie Knoll Farm is getting his baptism of fire with a Kentucky Derby starter this year in the stretch running Smoke Screen He is a native of Danville Kyit and was brought up in the show horse field of endeavor During the latter part of this activity he began to experiment with thoroughbred breeding on a modest scale later went over to thoroughbreds entirely and during the last four years has been a trainer He is an able all round horseman and like most trainers who entering racing from the show horse world has the capacity for in ¬ finite patience
