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Originally Posted by illinoisbred
Things I remember as a kid going to "old" Arlington in the early 60's. I'd run down to the rail just to say hello to the jockeys. Most didn't give me the time of day,but one rider,namely, Walter Blum would always return my hello with..."Hi, nice to see you out here"...and he did this 5,6 times a day as I kept running down to the rail during the post parade. Another guy, Bill Hartack,would never acknowledge my "hellos" and I usually got a cold stare. Funny the things you remember from way back.
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Didn't Blum wind up as the Chief Steward at AP? Hartack was not a friendly man.
