Show mj Becomes noted jockey Former Roosevelt rider has gained fame and popularity as an outstanding and just recently rode the winning in the Sunland Park Handicap at El Mower is the son of and Melvin I Gale well-known races to fame in Sunland Park Handicap Gale son of and Melvin and his horse are continually gaining acclaim in the leading horse races in the southwest U S WINSHAM star of Stable in El streaked a new track record a few weeks ago in winning the Sunland Park Handicap to thrill a record crowd on a record-smashing day that closed a racing The runty with leading Gale riding a perfectly-rated flashed into the lead a of a mile from the finish line of the mile and an eighth test and held off a tremendous bid by two other A crowd of witnessed the sensational MOWER WAS voted the best jockey of the race and Winsham Lad the Horse of the Quoting the El Paso HOME newspaper of the voting were released Thursday by the track Winsham Lad has run four times at Sunland this three at 6 furlongs and once at a and won all four runs without serious He is one of the top favorites for the Sunland Park Handicap which climaxed the racing season His victories include the Texas Society of Architects the TRA the Pan Zareta Handicap and the Toys For Tots In the last three he was Owned by 14 El Paso Winsham Lad is an English-bred acquired in a dispersal sale from Llan-golen He was named Horse of the Meet at Turf Paradise in Phoenix last and won during MOWER STARTED his carreer in Roosevelt just 15 years He followed the horses around the bush trades of Utah and rode his first race at Uie Engle-side track in back in There Mower and a thoroughbred named captured Uie first race going It was the maiden for For the it launched a decade filled with good breaks and In 1952 Mower Married Connie Thompson of The couple now has three children and a comfortable trailer the best of the good Mower IN 1955 ONE of the bad breaks for Mower was a spill which resulted in a broken which threatened to end his race but in 1959 he was able to return to his first and after his success among Sunland Park here's how Mower sums it couldn't tell you right now if it's my most successful sea-on or That's the question for the record But in lots of it's the best I I'm in good I'm holding the weight around and I'm drawing some top HAD SOME good breaks at he in this business when the breaks are going with you have to make the most of one tiling for sure in tins he don't give you an allowance when it comes to buying or a new saddle costs just the |