Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-03-11 | Page 12 | Ekky Receives Highest Honors in Farewell Gallop on Track

Receives Highest Honors In Iii Farewell Gallop Gallon on Track I LEXINGTON Ky iCy March 11 ii wi Ri RiA PJ A turning champion his Came home Monday back to the 5 track whir which on I he J J Sloped galloped to gold and glory and hundreds of f h horse lovers ot of toS the Kentucky blue grass graas turned out to do him honor Equipoise Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitneys Whitney's great at thoroughbred second sec sec- ond leading money ney winner of or all M time was vas K back from the turf wars In from which Santa 1 he had 1 wo Won back nIU K where lie he tasted defeat in in his J last t ra raH race but lost none nf of the prestige that was tas aS his b by H right h of oC repeated triumphs An elaborate te tion awa awaited ted him homecoming Monda Monday afternoon afternoon recep recep- recep i at i- i ithe the Whitney farm participated in b by Mayor Charles R. R Thompson and Count County Judge W. W E. E Nichols with George A A. Bain nationally known horse auctioneer as 83 master of oC ceremonies The gallant parents of old will also be introduced to the crowd his his sire Pennant and his dam 1 Swinging Weather permitting the champion will vili make a farewell gallop gallop gal gal- gallop lop on the private training track at atthe atthe atthe the Whitney estate The Tho reception to Equipoise o willbe will wil willbe wilbe l be comparable to one given another th the great Man o ar when he was vas as retired to the stud 15 years ago