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time planning to offset what he termed a "severe 

 week" with a better one further down the line. That 

 he never had any trouble with the turf officials other 

 than those created by temper, the usual failing of the 

 impulsive sons of Erin, speaks well for him, and that 

 he raced horses year after year for the same owners 

 shows that he lived up to a sprig of advice which he 

 gave a young driver who was in trouble. It was, 

 "never deceive an owner." 



Turner is one of the few living men who watched 

 the 2 130 list grow from a handful to thousands, who 

 can remember when a 2 130 frorse was a star and a 2 :20 

 horse a wonder, and who kept up with the procession 

 gathering in as he marched by his share of the world's 

 goods until he decided to retire from the sulky and 

 spend the balance of his days under the shade trees at 

 Ambler Park with an occasional visit to the tracks on 

 which he was at one time an important factor. 



