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Gerald Porch Porch Natural Lightweight Guides Cold Commands Try TryGERALD GERALD PORCH received his baptism of fire in the Derby last year when he was astride the Brown Hotel Stables Snuzzle who however wmmri up sixteenth But this year Porch is back in Derby contention with a far more formidable contender in C V Whitneys Cold Com ¬ mand He is familiar with and fits the horse as was shown at Keene land when he finished a bangup second to Gushing Oil and was flying at the finish Porch is 28 hails from Akron Ohio served his apprenticeship with thoroughbreds breaking yearlings on Ken ¬ tucky farms During the war he left the turf to enter defense work and while work ¬ ing in the day took his evenings to study for two years at the University of Akron AkronContinued Continued oh Page ThirtyEight Snapshots of Kentucky Derby Personalities Series of 1952 Owners Trainers and Riders In Limelight Today Some Are Making Debut in Race RaceContinued Continued from Page TwentySix TwentySixspecializing specializing in mechanical engineering He returned to the turf when the war was over rode his first winner at Ascot Park in 1947 Porch is a natural lightweight and his riding during the last few years has been characterized by steadiness ability and dependability
