EIGHT The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, April 6, 1978
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While Morrow County may
generally be considered Quar
ter Horse country, there are
some horsemen here who
prefer Thoroughbreds. In the
spring their thoughts turn not
to love or cattle branding
but to the excitement of horse
racing.
Take the Papineau family of
Lexington, for example.
Brothers Ray, Wayne and
Earl caught the racing fever
while still in their teens more
than 20 years ago and, with the
exception of Wayne, who
dropped out in favor of
"rodeoing', have been taking
horses to the track ever since.
A stable of five thorough
breds, each one a winner at
tracks in the Northwest last
year, are headed to Coeur d'
Alene, Idaho, this week with
Ray and his wife Gay, the
principal trainer of the racers.
There, they will be testing the
competition for a few months
before moving on to the next
track on the annual circuit.
Earl, also a trainer, and his
wife Charlene, will join them
whenever work schedules per
mit. The Papineaus, though off
hand unable to point to dollar
figures, say the joint family
venture is profitable. They
race their horses in Oregon,
Washington, Idaho and Mon
tana, and hope this year to
race in Canada, at tracks in
Saskatoon and Regina, for the
first time.
Last September one of their
best money-makers, a six-
Sumner
initiative
State Representative Jack
Sumner (D-Heppner) last
week outlined the provisions
of an initiative petition that is
being circulated to allow
voters to determine whether
or not the death penalty be
re-instated in Oregon. State
Representatives Bud Byers,
D-Lebanon and Cecil Johnson,
R-Grants Pass have joined
Sumner as sponsors of the
petition.
Sumner said that the mea
sure "goes out of its way" to
protect the rights of the
defendant.
A person accused of a
murder subject to capital
punishment would be given
two trials. The first trial would
determine guilt or innocence.
Then a separate, second trial,
is held to see if the death
penalty is justified.
If the sentencing court
imposes the death penalty,
that decision is automatically
referred to the Oregon State
Willows CWA at
Kinzer home
Mara Kinzer will be hostess
for Willows C.W.A. Friday,
April 21. This will be an
all-day meeting. Members are
asked to bring salads or
desserts.
Millmans hosts
family guests
Family guests for the
Easter weekend at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Leland
Millman, lone, included: Mr.
and Mrs. Gary Owen and two
daughters, Baker; Mr. and
Mrs. Lance Whitmore and five
children, Canyon City; Mr.
and Mrs. Don Brown and two
daughters, Montesono, Wash. ;
and Casey Owen, Roseburg.
year-old gelding named
Pouret, established a new
track record in a six-furlong
race in Walla Walla and then
came back the next day to
break his own record. Ac
quired in a claiming race,
Pouret has more than paid his
way for the Papineaus;
The other horses included in
the stable are Sally Diane,
You-Ruff-It, Gain-a-Dolla and
Harp's Joy, all mares who
won their share of races
during last year's season.
Last year Gay Papineau
was presented with a gold belt
buckle at the West Washington
Fair in Puyllup, honoring her
as the leading trainer for the
second year in a row.
Gay and her brother-in-law
Earl have done most of the
active training of the horses
since Ray injured his back two
years ago. Gay jokingly re
ferred to her husband as a
'straw boss'.
"He doesn't do much of the
labor now, but he sure does a
lot of bossing," she said.
Another member of the
family involved in the racing
business is Ray and Gay's
daughter Connie Eng who has
been excercise girl for the
Papineau horses since she was
nine years old. All spring
Connie has been 'galloping'
the five thouroughbreds up to
two miles a day, getting them
in shape to join the race track
circuit. Married to Louie Eng,
Connie admits she would like
to be a jockey but said, "Three
sons and a husband puts a stop
to that idea."
Outlines
petition
Supreme Court where review
is required within 60 days.
Sumner said if the death
penalty is not imposed, the
defendant automatically re
ceives a life sentence with a
minimum confinement of 25
years required.
He said the measure meets
the constitutional criteria as
currently viewed by the
United States Supreme Court
and is based largely on the
California law.
"The Legislature has re
fused to give people the right
to vote on this issue," Sumner
said. "If this petition drive is
successful, and I think it will
be, Oregon voters will deter
mine if they want a capital
punishment law enacted."
Anyone wishing to help on
the petition drive can contact
Rep. Jack Sumner at Room
H-276, State Capitol, Salem,
OR 97310. Each petition can
have up to 20 signatures.
Indicate the number of peti
tions requested.
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Exercise girl Connie Eng gallops one of the five Papineau thoroughbreds on a daily two
mile run, in preparation for the racing season which will start for the Papineaus this
weekend in Coeur d'alene, Idaho.
Charlene Papineau was also
a trainer at one time and
points with pride to one of her
horses, Burn's Bouquet. The
racer finished a season in the
late 1960s at some of the
bigger tracks including Port
land Meadows with five wins,
six seconds and several thirds.
"I made a living on that
lone Cardinal Club
plans open house
The Cardinal Club of lone Schools will hold their final
meeting of the year Thursday, April 13, featuring an
all-school open house.
President Irene Holtz will preside at a brief business
meeting beginning at 8 p.m., prior to the open house.
Some of the elementary school classes will entertain
informally with various exercises which are part of the
regular curriculum at the school. Following the program,
refreshments will be served and all classrooms will be open
for visitation.
The Cardinal Club invites the public to attend the
meeting and take advantage of the opportunity to view the
classrooms.
Spring boutique of
fashion in
An evening of fun and fashion will be sponsored by St.
Patrick's Altar Society of Irrigon and Boardman on
Thursday, April 13, as the Spring Bouquet of Fashion gets
underway at 7 : 30 p. m . in the lounge of the Nomad Restaurant
in Boardman.
Fashions modeled at the group's seventh annual style
show and card party will be from J.C. Penney's in the
Columbia Center in Kennewick, Wash.
Pinochle and bridge is planned after the style show.
Tickets for the event may be purchased at the door for $1.75.
Refreshments will be served and special prizes awarded.
WILL HOLD THEIR ORGANIZATIONAL
MEETING FOR THE ENSUING YEAR
Wednesday, April 12
horse," she said. Charlene
explained that she now takes a
less active part in the Papi
neau racing venture because
she got tired of all the
pressure in the business.
Gay, however, is another
story.
"I can't wait to get started,"
she said last week. "Either
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don't do it."
The Papineaus, of course,
aren't the only Morrow County
residents with race horse
fever.
Trainer Dan Tanory, who
established his headquarters
on a ranch on Willow Creek six
years ago, is on the race track
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circuit year round. He is
currently racing 19 thorough
breds at Portland Meadows
five owned by his wife Joan
and 14 horses he has trained
for other owners. Tanory has
been in Portland since Octo
ber and will move on to the
Seattle track in May.
Brood mares, foals and
horses injured at the track are
kept on the Willow Creek
ranch, managed by the Tan
ory's daughter, Cheryl Pad
berg. She says her father is
doing well at Portland Mea
dows again this year.
Tanory, a former fireman in
Boring, has been training
horses for more than 11 years
and the side-line which started
as a hobby has made up a good
part of his livelihood since he
injured his back a few years
ago.
Among local horses he has
trained is a three-year-old
mare named Skins and
Bruises, owned by Morris
McCarl of Lexington, another
thoroughbred racing enthu
siast. McCarl has owned about
20 race horses all told but now
has just one mare. She hasn't
actually raced yet, since she
got sick at the Portland track
last year as a two-year-old,
but will soon have a chance to
show her stuff when the
McCarls take her to tacks in
Waitsburg and Dayton, Wash.,
this spring.
Mary Ann Greenup, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Don
Greenup, raises Quarter Hor
ses on her father's ranch
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Trainer Gay Papineau leads in another 'winner' for
Connie to exercise on the family make-do track in Lexington.
Gay won a gold buckle at the Western Washington Fair last
summer for being named the leading trainer for the second
consecutive year.
showing no partiality, also has
a four-year-old thoroughbred
mare, Papagill's Delight, in
training now. The mare pulled
a muscle in her first start last
year, but if all goes well, will
race in Yakima in May and
then move on to the Seattle
track.
More involved in raising
thoroughbreds than racing
them are Walt and Charlene
Nix who own four brood mares
on their place up Balm Fork a
few miles from Heppner. The
Nixes usually race dne horse a
year but the prospect for this
season, a three-year old mare
named Quick Trip, injured a
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leg in a training accident at
Salem last year and they
won't know if she'll be ready
to race until later on.
The Nixes have been invol
ved with thoroughbreds for
about 25 years, racing at
tracks in Oregon, Washington
and California. Walt said they
only raced one horse at a time
because training fees cost
from $16 to $20 a day during
the season. He added, joking
ly, "Charlene's job is to
support the horses."
While not a big business in
Morrow County, thoroughbred
racing has a definite place in
traditionally Quarter Horse
country.
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