W. Hicks

W. Hicks, was accustomed to handling horse and mules since the age of 7.  By the age of 8 he could drive a 3-mule team harnessed to a cart around the Louisiana Plantation he worked on for 25 cents a day, more than the daily average.  He started racing Quarter horses at bush tracks, winning all four races his first day. He soon won his first recognized Thoroughbred race. He won his first recognized Thoroughbred race on October 4, 1902.

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