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Misener Becoming Crack Shot Fair Facts: Walter "Whitey" Misener, MRA maintenance superintendent, is rapidly becoming a crack shot. Pigeons making their home in the local grandstand have made many many mistakes, much to the discomfort of local racing patrons. "Whitey" finally went "Davey Crockett" and knocks off the pestr with his trusty rifle.. "Twenty-two" calibre shells, loaded with bird shot, is turning the trick. Much to the satisfaction of the customers. "Whitey," however, is keeping a close tab on the wild ducks and pheasants around the infield lake and there will be no shooting there. . . . Jockey Evan Jenkins, who experiences no difficulty in scaling" 103 pounds, has been with the Albert N. Kreihs-owned Circle K. Farm stable for nine years. Jenkins, who rode in New England during previous seasons, is making his first .appearance in Michigan. Kreihs is a New Orleans ship builder. . . . G. Y. Booker, who formerly raced the useful mare, Mad Hare, came in from his Virginia-farm and inspected, the horses he has in training under the supervision of M. L. Stucker, one of the leading conditioners at the current Detroit meeting. . . . Apprentice Bobby Bright, under contract to trainer Bob Glasson, is showing good saddle form. . . . Johnny Walker is looking after Brights engagement book. Esther L. McSween, Michigan State Racing Commission secretary, will undergo minor surgery at Harper Hospital in Detroit next Tuesday. . . . Dr. Ed-., ward Draves, Motor City physician and surgeon, an- nounced Friday that his son"7 Eddie, Jr., all-city prep tackle at the University of Detroit high school, will enroll at the University of Michigan next fall for a pre-med course. . . . Young Eddie, of course, will be a candidate for the Wolverine freshman grid squad. . . "If people around you are losing their heads, and you keep yours — then maybe you just dont understand the situation," text of a plaque hanging in the office of Paul Morton Chandler, MRA vice-president and public relations director. Chandler may trade the plaque to George "Brownie" Leach for the bull cinch, which is prominently displayed on the wall of Leachs Churchill Downs publicity office. . . . James Paddock, master of Lazi-Creek farm, Jeffersontown, Kentucky, motored from the Blue Grass State for several days racing. Vestel* R. Wright trains several horses here for Paddock.
