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Fisher Fisherf f Dixiana Farm Owner Entered Sport Back in 1926 1926Prior Prior to racing as Dixiana CHARLES T FISHER campaigned as the Bloomfield Stable in 1926 with the late Walter Briggs as his partner when the establishment nominated two horses but did not start either of them In 1927 arid 1928 Fisher and Briggs had a third partner in the Bloom field Stable in the late Frank J Navin Blackwood carried the units colors in the 1928 Derby finishing ninth Fisher then purchased Dixiana at Lexington and went wentContinued Continued on Page FortyOne Snapshots of Derby Personalities 1952 1952Owners Owners Trainers Riders In Limelight Today Some Are Making Debut in Race RaceContinued Continued from Page Thirty Eight Eightinto into thoroughbred racing and breeding on a big scale Dixiana founded by Major Barak G Thomas one of Kentuckys great horsemen who bred Domino ancestor of some of the speediest thoroughbreds of the present day At one time Dixiana under Fisher maintained one of the great show horse stables of the United States and for a number of years the outfit was practi ¬ cally invincible Sub Fleet is Dixianas Derby hope
