Senor Skipper Leads $40,000 Walter J. Michael Memorial Pace Field
Northfield Park hosts the final night of its 56 date summer harness meeting with Senor Skipper the swiftest horse in 1978. Ben Webster drives Rexdale owners Ernie and Marion Sprouse’s four year old son of Meadow Skipper seeking top money as Town Drunk, Fulla Strikes and Missouri Time also contend for purse glory and track records.
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Northfield
Senor Skipper
Walter J. Michael
Northfield Park
Meadowlands
Ben Webster
Rexdale
Ont
Ernie
Marion Sprice
Senor Skippr
Meadow Skipper
Billy Haughton
Haughton
Spruces
Webster
Senor
New Jersey
Town
Town Drunk
Michael
Vernon Crank
Town Crunk
Jim Dennis
Chicago
Michael Field
Fulla
Missouri
Dominic Staffrey
the Meadows
Pittsburgh
Joe O’brien
Bill Gale
Ben Farber
Ms. Farber
Detroit
Detroit Race Course
Hazel Park
Walter Paisley
Dick N
Don Irvine
Ohio State Michigan set to clash for Big Ten title again
In six of the last 10 years Ohio State and Michigan have claimed three conference crowns each while sharing six. Neither is predicted to change in 1978 as they likely battle for the top spot or another split. Notre Dame also looms as a strong national contender under Coach Dan Devine who says a repeat is possible but tough.
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ED Sainsbury
Chicago
UPI
Ohio State
Michigan
Notre Dame
Dan Devine
Bo Schembechler
Woody Hayes
Tom Cousineau
Rod Gerald
Ron Springs
Buckeye
Hayes
Michigan State
Kirk Gibson
Minnesota
Gophers
Kent Kitzmann
Marion Barber
Jeff Anhorn
Jockey Serido Arrested in 1973 Race Fixing Conspiracy
FBI arrested Ben jamin Anthony Serido, a Plainfield New Jersey jockey, on charges tied to a 1973 scheme to drug horses and bribe jockeys to fix five races at Hazel Park and Detroit Race Course. He was held on a $10,000 bond as eight defendants face seven counts of sports bribery and conspiracy. The indictment, issued August 16 by a Detroit grand jury, details a plan involving owners, trainers, grooms and agents to influence races through prohibited substances and bribery. See Grid page 14.
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Cincinnati
UPI
Benjamin Anthony Serido
Hazel Park
Detroit
FBI
Serido
Plainfield
N.J
Detroit Race Course
Indiana
Lee Corso
Corso
Iowa
Bob Cummings
How to prepare a big fish for taxidermy and care
Ohio tips from Joe Rice of Hunter's Haven Taxidermy Studio on freezing a trophy fish promptly with fins laid against the body and tail protected, in a plastic bag and freezer. Delays raise damage risk and extend wait times, with mounting costs around 2.50 to 3 dollars per inch and a typical minimum around 40 dollars.
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Joe Rice
Hunter’s Haven Taxidermy Studio
Columbus
Joe
Black River Golf Tryouts Set for Monday Practice
Black River golf coach Jim Bailesky invites Pirate Links candidates to a Monday 11 a.m. practice at the high school in Sullivan Township.
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Sullivan
Black River
Jim Bailesky
Pirate Links
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Ohio Fisherman Magazine
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