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March 22, 1969 P. 88

March 22, 1969 P. 88

The New Yorker, March 22, 1969 P. 88

The most interesting event at Aqueduct was the riding of Barbara Jo Rubin. The nineteen-year-old turned up at the Big A, and won twice in good style. Tells abou the performance. Miss Rubin has won eight of her 14 tries - a high proportion, which is bound to diminish as the number of her mounts increases. She has caught the public's fancy, too. Mr. Ryall agrees with Don Fair, supervisor of field operations for the Morning Telegraph and the Daily Racing Form, that woman's place is in the clubhouse. But Francis Dunne, steward of the of N.Y. State Racing Comm., said "This could be the dawning of a new day-the sunset of the old one

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