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Dates: during 1946-1946
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...Mateo's picturesque Bay Meadows, a sorrel-haired and taciturn young (35) rival, Willie Molter, had already won 114. Four of Willie's horses galloped home out front last week. Many a West Coast horse fan, convinced that betting on Willie is as good a way as any to win, bet on everything he sent to the post. They did it without Willie's blessing; like Jacobs, Willie seldom bets on a horse race, and never more than $10. (A typical paddock conversation goes like this: Owner: "Well, Willie, how do you like my horse today?" Willie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Winning Willie | 12/2/1946 | See Source »

...Willie Molter, who never says two words if one will do, learned his lesson the hard way. He comes from Fredericksburg, Tex. (pop. 3,500), also the home town of Max Hirsch, trainer of Kentucky Derby winner Assault. As a jockey on dusty, jerkwater tracks in Reno, Emeryville and Butte, Willie blew most of his apprentice salary finding out that nobody could tell who was going to win. Says he: "I couldn't even pick the winners I was riding myself." His toughest job is trying to hold down his five owners (including Movieman Louis B. Mayer, whose second...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Winning Willie | 12/2/1946 | See Source »

Like most trainers who win a lot of races, Willie Molter deals mostly in mediocre horses. Last week, two of his clients paid $52,500 for Bric a Bac, five-year-old son of War Admiral. With a bona fide stake horse to work with, Willie is now pointing for the $100,000 handicap at Santa Anita...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Winning Willie | 12/2/1946 | See Source »

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