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Show TURFMAN PROVIDES FOR OLD EMPLOYEES NI'VV YORK. Aug. 23. John A. Drake is one pr ti.e few turfmen who have provided for tiaitu'is ami jivkeys who once Bi.'orecl note-vvorUiy note-vvorUiy triumphs in their interrsis. Drake once i'ul':ii;r.'.l u formidable rncinjf stable which wns truluetl by Enoch WistmrU. "Whn Wyeth T-on tliu iW'S American derby In C'hlcojo In Drake's colors a tremendous "kllltntf" was vfu'cud. Drake, out of his winnings, pur-clKisi-d a home for AVlshard near Indiatinpolia, wlst-re the latter, in poor heaUh, nmv Is spending spend-ing his days. . Drake also provided for the Kt-iff tvvs. Lester and Johnny, who rvdo his hurs-ii to victory both In England and on tho American tracks. Drake, by the way, ntlll enjojs the snort, although ho no longer operates oper-ates a string of thoroughbreds. |