Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-09-24 | Page 8 | Sam Hildreth, Dean of American Thoroughbred Trainers, Dies

MM AM HILDRETH DEAN OF F A AMERICAN THOROUGH THO THOROUGHBRED R G HB RE D TRAINERS TRAINE S' S DI W GAINED fA FAl DURING REI REIl OF GREAT Ranked fas' fas as One of Nai Leading Money Wi wf With Sinclair S Si SiNEW NEW V YORK Sept 24 up Ul UI dean of thoroughbred trainers died 1 t tho 1 Fifth Avenue A hospital v W had been in ITt ITta a critical an an abd abdominal mInal operation v f Hildreth had director directo R fl Rancocas as racin racing stable and b bl farm of Harry F. F Sinclair n a his 1118 training last August f j During the past y year ar d front from what hat ho belle J indigestion Ft It was as not until taken his horses to th the Springs s meeting that he co coto coto to consult a physician An extremely delicate a o oj found necessary and p performed d d yesterday esterday It a a aa a at first that the successful but JUl reth suf sut during the night Hildreth was born horn In Lu I Ii tl dence nce Mo 10 in Iii 1866 and tO foi years ears pursued the tho nomadic c crace a arace race man gambler Jock joek trader DEVOTED ALL TIME TO HORSES H He prospered and failed ting was sizable It is dreth that hc he- was broke and aid then got cot hit by hy a a. str t The car company paid paM him ho lie bet It on on ona a ho o race From irom there he climbed on on millionaire class Lucky Baldwin urged i 1 from his nomadic career a at small tracks and got sot him as aser er cr a regular Job Since th tb thi dreth's interest has hils been beener a 8 er and his wealth has been i through that for he finest stables Harry reputed to pay the cst ct salary paid to a a. trainer Hn was training f fod Smathers Sinclair vas was wa hitt hit t to as a n. baseball j th mark marked d the oil in inIn main mar ma maring In ing card Some of oC the hor lion ZEV GREATEST 1 OF ALL R RUNNERS NERS The friendship formed continued until Sinclair J Hildreth to 1 leave the 1 f pendent owners and aid hi hit hI establishing the hc s s which Pierre Lorillard had Hildreth gambled races race's races and arid kept hl hJ own They tell of the time Um Hi racing chops ps t shoe hoe walking Into the tho paa padd trainer called for tor a C r Waiting w l had ad tho h horse rs led f forth rth Tho horse limped crowds cio saw The odds odds' lens leI lensA A new new shoe was placed lI pm and the romped hor home e 7 was horse although he ho train great ones including HourI PIa Play Silver Ole Lag was vas tb thi th m money ne winner r. r Ho He won von the thO International nl r raco eo when w w Sando Sande up he hc romped to vict Papyrus s tho the great Engli at Belmont park UI up Zev came camo mo homo home five ahead with Sande inde peering shoulder houder to o see where Pal Pap running 11