Some felt it wasbecause he couldn't make the weight anymore, but Winkfield laughs at this.Others said the white jockeys were beginning to gang up on the Negroes — and itis true that this had a great deal to do with their virtual disappearance fromthe American racing
scene — but Winkfield says he was always treated well.Colonel Chinn, who calls Winkfield «the finest colored man I ever knew, with a heart as big as all
outdoors,» blames Jimmy's exodus on thelegislation that made racing illegal for
several years in some of the easternstates and moved the big meetings to places like Butte, Mont, and Salt LakeCity and Hamilton, Ont.
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Several Art Events Making a
Scene» San Francisco Chronicle Written by Kenneth Baker June 25, 2014 More information here Sophont in Action: One of the most eccentric contemporary artists working in the Bay Area, Desirée Holman will enlist local residents in an
outdoor performance activating visionary elements of her art, on view here, in static and kinetic media.