James Sessions Trainer Hails From Rexburg, Idaho, Daily Racing Form, 1954-05-01

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James Sessions Trainer Hails From Rexburg Idaho IdahoWILLIE WILLIE DENNIS youthful trainer of the Californiaowned and bred James Session hails from one of the most famed horse centers in America Rexburg Idaho This is the town which produced the parke brothers and Earl Sande Dennis came to the race track as a protege of former rider and now trainer Mose Helm in turn a pro ¬ tege of the man who developed the late and great George Woolf L T Whitey White hill Dennis started as an exercise boy at Caliente another famed proving ground for both rider and trainer and within a year was riding That was in 1937 He contin ¬ ued to ride until 1948 when weight forced him from the saddle The best horses he ever rode were Cant Wait and Heelfly the biggest stake he ever won the Del Mar Handicap HandicapUntil Until James Session came along the best bestContinued Continued from Page Forty J vf f fiI iI 1 r if l 4 Derby Distinction Rare Prize All Concerned Dream About Fame Fortune Come to Few Who Travel Different Roads RoadsIn In Annual Quest of Reward1 Continued from Page TwentyThree TwentyThreehorse horse he ever trained was Frank Brewsters Alderman winner of the 50000 Sunset Handicap at Hollywood Park Brewster Seattle sportsman and onetime member of the racing commission in the state of Washington gave Dennis his first chance as a trainer Two years ago Dennis struck out as a public trainer and in addition to the Harry JamesBetty Grable horses has one horse for W W Tiny Naylor another for L G Woods of Phoenix Ariz and another for Dr George Erickson of Hemet Calif


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