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Western Kentucky University TopSCHOLAR® WKU Archives Records WKU Archives 4-24-1984 UA12/2/1 Magazine WKU Student Affairs Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_records Part of the African American Studies Commons, Journalism Studies Commons, Mass Communication Commons, Public Relations and Advertising Commons, Race and Ethnicity Commons, Social History Commons, and the Sports Studies Commons Recommended Citation WKU Student Affairs, "UA12/2/1 Magazine" (1984). WKU Archives Records. Paper 5904. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_records/5904 This Other is brought to you for free and open access by TopSCHOLAR®. It has been accepted for inclusion in WKU Archives Records by an authorized administrator of TopSCHOLAR®. For more information, please contact [email protected]. + I , .' ; I - -,.. ! '. analyzing each lap. , . ·Horses pock together as they round the After the workout, Jeff Johnson circles first tum of The Golden Chance, 0 stx· a 3-year·old colt around the Inside of one furlong roce on opening doy ot of the ' 45 barns several yards from the Keenelond. Coucasieene (5] won the :Keeneland race, ridden by VI~ent Broc:dole. grandstands. ohnson, a native of Omaha, Neb .. Is a hot walker _ he walks a horse for ready to run," he said. A' day' at. the races about 30 minutes after niOi-illng exercise. He continues bedding the stall with a Johnson works for Mike BaD, a trainer three·pronged pitchfork. "These horses LEXINGTON - A navy blue flag bear· assigned to ready 28 horses fOr the $pring live good,M he said. "I wouldn't mind racing season. sleeping In there 1f.1 had a and a ~ lng the words "Commonwealth of Ken rover M tucky" snaps' In the sharp breeze as the Fairly Straight, the horse, has just been plllow. • sun' rises. returned from his exercise and must cool Grooms lead a v~nd - yet en· Dew glistens 011 the ' Just·chpped before returning to his staD . He' wtU com. joyable - lifestyle, Cruse said. "rm bluegrass Inihe center of the 11l16-mile' pele for the $50,000 purse . In the . working for mlDionalres heN.,M he said. ovBl . Meticulously trimmed hedges on 6.furlong Lafayette Stakes the f~ · "It's nice to work for Inft\oll!nt1al people." both Sides ot a plne'green tote board speD day. " Johnson r1ItUm$>thc ~ to the fresh staD. Cruse cautiously removes the gauze Story by the word "KEENELANO." , ohnson's father owned.. , ~". wrops . that support' the .horse", ankles. The ciurplng of robins and blue jays an Chaq Carlton mares, and he has ~~ '; " ~ horses are like our children," he nounces the beginning of another racing J Ald. "We pvc with tJ'iem seven days a horses~ .~\llUII~~Mer ,·' day. It's 6 a.m., and..inusty smells flU the . high school, ,he . ~ working . week.". Photos ·by chilly morning air as ' exirdse 'joc:keys them his career. ' . ., dressed In red, blue, pink, green and "Dad brought me down h8re one year : A' 49-year·oId .man. ' dad In blue I Alan:War.re .n ~ sih 'walk thetr mounts toward the for the sales, and 1)WIt f~ In lOve. with It,:' jeans, II brown flannel shirt sandy·track. '. Johnson SIIld. .. ~ cowboy bocta, · leans On the traCk, ttie )ocks prest the As he wa1ks the cheitnut ciOIt ... l.eIghton . ~.~ the waI,ff another t~ through another wOikout: . Cruse spreads straw about falrly bem:and smokes, II MazIIoro. The horNs' shIntn9 lIubuln mania bIoI¥ S!relghtV stall. Gruse, another', BaD On his hue:! ,.. a red and blue ln ~ the breGe. Rock hard inusda ' ~ employee., Is a groom; his' dutIeS ~d. ~ jocby', QIP, the two ~ <?f eIedrtc:.a ·with· eaCh Itr1de: · . • . feeding, bathing and brushing horses: ' tape !hat IpIIce a ...... ICnIp ~ Standing ' behind the aluminum ra1Is AJthough some view such chores as a . ' that It tw., been UMd- for 'years. ~ud surrounding the track, owners and pan. of babysitting, Cruse sees them dif trainers. ,. talk about their' Investments '- ferently. "Essentially,. I'm ~ them + 1\ j ••'~ t • ( -I Your Window on Wettem ... THE HERALDl 1st OR FINAL EXAM ••• K e·e.rtelan d . C~nt. " . ~ ... thot's what it'll be when that employer or personnel splattered goggles are held I~ pI~c~ ~y an . A ';ot~woiker walles ~ h ~'\ the ;'stable elastlc band. area at !!een"and t him darUn after monog!"r first sets eyes on your ·resume . Will. yOlJf resume c~, ope(.l)the door to a personal interview or w ill it FAIL THE The goggles belong to IKe Smith. an a morning workout. EXAMlHA't1oH? . exercise boy. The title doesn't seem to fit him, but the job doesn't bother him a bit. joys It . "After all," he said, "th un onn "That's .all I've ever done. that's all I . fits me." know," he said. SaUee Isnt the only specliltor whose . clothes drllW IIttention . ... we have. At. UJl we have prepared for private ' Smith has spent 27 years working with The crowd 'at Keeneland Is diverse In employment. agencies for aver five years and, have more horses. He and two other "boys" will ex . almost every sense of the word. Virtually tl:lon seven yE'Ors experience in the composition, layout, ercise 23 horses a day during the spring every l1ge, race lind creed Show up. d~sig~ and printing of AnEHT10H A!lAIHIHG P.ESUMES . mea. I . The 135-pounder Is a jockey,. of sorts. Some stand beri8llth the grandstand In H~es the horseS In the early mornln~ duds from the Salvation Army. They WHY RISK IT ••• 59 they can rest for the afternoon's race . dr!nk beer lind smoke cigars - the stereotyplclll fan. ... on a photbcapy? All '... I'ESUMES are composed~ ': ~ good exercise bOy can teU you In a edited on modern, computerized typeseJting equipment minute when a horse ain't going right," Others dressed In "pensive blue Smith said. bI~ lind frWy dresses, sit In box SeIIts and PIlIHTED 9rHhe highest quality popemockS available , and sip daiquiris. (with matchln9.blgQk sheets and envelopes). During the off season, he works 25 yearlings a day on five farms~ But J1I~ ' fit IOm~here .between . ThiS IS you r FI NA L EXAM . DON 'T DLOW ITI '. Jeans o~ slackS are cornmon ~ IIIong with mith saki he enjoys horses, the dress ~ evidence that hone roelng track and his wOrk, and jle'\ooks . Isn't just for the Wealth!!: "'ES SfOlWard to something new each Roger Williams t&e cultlh1l1 RESUMES 781-1252 rue. wide ~ • A,oiVISJOH OF_. day. "When yOu stop learning, variance. "there's something for P.8<JPIe '. ' RAM RESUMES IIOWUNO GREEN PRlNnNO that's the day you should stop cc;>m1Og of aU SO!='allevels," .he said. FAIRVIEW PlAZA SHOPPING elf'. around," he Said. "FOR HIO" IMPACT INTRODUCTIONS" ,,...,I(WAliln WiIIWns, ~ admlnlsttator at Casey Sinlth said he bets a few dollars two or County Hospital, sIfS on.a bench near the three times a meet, but' his horse sense track. He arrives around ~n 50 he can doesn't necessariIy 'help' hlm win. "You 'gd close for the 1:30 p .m. post time. know what your hone can do, but you 'I don't have to bd to enjoy being Satun;lay; ~ay ~2 . is don't know what the hell another man's here." W1Ularns said. h~ can do," he said. He relies on the Daily RacIng Form, a Many people, ab9ut 200,000, bet only · respected rllClng reference that 1Is1s past CIllEGIATE"DAY a few'(foUars each spring' at Keenetand, perfonnances of horseS. But II Isn't but the bel5 soon add up. The hllndle - ft!wllYs successful. "One of my luckiest f;lt the total amount of money bet - during days 1.11115 when I found a $10 biU In the tlie spring meet tolllls nellriy $20 million. parking lot on the way out," he said. Much ql the money goes back to th~ bettors. Officers, directors and CHIIIILL _NS stockholders of the Keeneland Associa ." A good exercise tion take none of It. boy can tell you in a All ~ stud8n1s and faculty The lISSociIItion Is non-profit, and' any proceeds lire donated to chllrltable . minute when a horse educationlll and research orgllnizalions. .ADMITTED Western scholllrship funds received ain't going right." $5,000 In 1983. FREE TlIXes also l4ke II big chunk of the in - Ike Smith with your schooIlD come. Nearly $7 million helped fill federal, state lind part-mutuel..#fers Ills! Etta Butler 'reUes on her Iniultlon. "I Get a group together and year. never pick 'em to win ," the gray·hlllred come to Churchill Downs The association sees the donlltlons lind womlln 5IIId. She puts her money on for an exciting afternoon tllX money as community service, one of ho~ to place and show. If the horse of thoroughbred racing. _ Its goals. The main purpose, however, Is /' p1l1Ces first, second or third, she wins. As ,our special guests on to "preserve the flnest tradition of the She has been lit ·Keeneland two or May 12, you will be admit- sport of OOng." three times each mea since her daughter "'ted to the Clubhouse free Tradition abounds lit Keeneland, lind was hired as II pllri-mutuel clerk several ~he . mQst 'obvious eXllmple Is the man of charge simply by pre lIrsllgo. who begins each rllCe - the bugler. senting your school 10. ~hen she's not wlltchlng the horses lit CMryIng a brllSS ougle, II somewhllt ro the lick, Butler watches them lit honte tund man marches out to the track, w8IIr on the "TodIlY lit Keenelllnd" show IIlred Rrst Race 1:30. Ing a green overcoat wlth .golden buttons.