Modesto Bee And Herald-News, Modesto, California, July 27, 1940
Well Known Horse Owner Succumbs
SAN DIEGO, July 27,---UPI---Turfmen today mourned the loss of Frank Rinehart, 71, horse owner, race track builder and one time bronco buster, who died yesterday.
Rinehart was an associate of builders of race tracks at Longacres, Wash., Santa Anita and Bay Meadows in California and Agua Caliente, Mexico.
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San Diego Union, San Diego, California, Thursday, August 1, 1940
FRANK RINEHART
Services for Frank Rinehart, 71, who died Friday at a local hospital will be held at 2:30 this afternoon in the Little Church of the Roses, Glen Abbey Memorial Park. The Rev. John Bunyan Smith will officiate.
A resident of San Ysidro for 24 years, Mr. Rinehart was track superintendent of the Agua Caliente race track. He had built and cared for a number of race courses. Three sisters, Mrs. Letty M. Yeager, San Diego; Mrs. Nellie Rohde, Valley City N.D.; and Mrs. Rose Brick, Sebeka, Minn., and a stepson, Frankie Rose, San Diego, survive.
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Evening Tribune, San Diego, California, Monday, August 12, 1929
RINEHART NAMED TRACK DIRECTOR
---------------
POPULAR VETERAN WILL
--CONDITION COURSE FOR
---AGUA CALIENTE'S CLUB
FRANK RINEHART, 62-year-old veteran conditioner of race tracks and race horses, one of the most picturesque figures in western racing during the past decade, will return to the valley of the Tijuana with the opening of the Agua Caliente Jockey club's plant. Rinehart, formerly connected with the Tijuana Jockey club, is to be the track superintendent at Caliente. The return of Rinehart is a story by itself while the character and ability of the man is another as great. Due to personal animosity and professional jealousy, Rinehart was ousted from his job at Tijuana last winter. That the removal of Rinehart was a mistake quickly was discovered. But it was too late. Subsequently the story became public property.
Rinehart's selection was approved by James N. Crofton, general manager of the new jockey club, today. As soon as the grading work is finished and the contractors turn the oval over to the Agua Caliente officials, Rinehart will gather his force and begin shaping up the strip for the race meeting, which will open Dec. 28. The track probably will be open for training about Thanksgiving day.
------------Came here in 1915
Rinehart came to Tijuana with the inception of racing here in 1915. He was James W. Coffroth's ace for the job. From a bush track of the commonest type the racing strip along the river bank was turned into one of the fastest in the world.
Mark after mark was lowered here by thoroughbreds during the years that Rinehart toiled as superintendent. Last season, it is true, many marks were shaded while a new man handled the strip. But it was not because of the latter's work. Rinehart shaped the course before opening of the season and continued his good work until the latter part of the winter, when Jim McDonald moved in.
------------Leaves for Havana
After being with the Tijuana club for two years, Rinehart left his job, packed up his stable and ambled to Cuba for a fling at the purses down there. A year of this and he returned to Tijuana in 1918 to take over his old position.
From then to the first days of 1929 Rinehart bossed the local track. It was during the 1927-28 meeting that the track saw the overthrow of some of the records, standing for seasons. It is true the quality of horses was excellent, but the biggest factor was the fact Rinehart had the track in marvelous condition.
During the two biggest trials of the Tijuana Jockey club Rinehart gained national recognition for his outstanding work.
The terrific flood of 1916 gave the veteran his first big chance. The Tijuana river washed away the track, the jockey club being forced to rebuild. Rinehart handled the track proper while other builders set to work on the various units. Frank was successful, the Tijuana track becoming one of the speed ovals of the world.
Not until 1922 did Rinehart have to battle the elements again. Seventeen days of continuous rain turned the oval into a dangerous quagmire. The river rose, washing out the six-furlong start. Rinehart did not lose a moment setting his crews to work and building a dyke above the track that ultimately saved a misfortune as tragic as the 1916 episode. The track closed for two weeks after it reopened.
------------Famous as Conditioner
Rinehart is recognized as one of the finest of conditioners. A native of Montana, he has been connected with horses and tracks for more than 35 years.
The selection of Rinehart to the job at Caliente is welcome news to San Diego turf fans, bringing back to high recognition a truly capable man; one of unquestionable integrity, sincerity and the highest ability possible. Crofton, in selecting the veteran, again has scored.
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A portion of a letter written by Frank Rinehart's niece, dated August 15, 1962.
My uncle, Frank Rinehart, was a very quiet man, but he had a host of friends. He had a good sense of humor, and refused to worry about worrisome things. I shall quote from an article written by the sports editor of the San Diego paper, who had known him for many years:
"Cowboy, bronco buster, horse owner and, later, master builder of racing strips at Agua Caliente, Santa Anita, Bay Meadows, and Longacres, Frank Rinehart, 71, died in a local hospital yesterday following a short illness.
"A resident of San Ysidro 24 years, his last job was as superintendent of the Agua Caliente track. ...... Born in Michigan, he went west as a youth and became a cowboy and a 'Buster' of untamed horses in Montana. He gravitated into the racing world and became a horse owner, racing in tracks throughout North America and Cuba.
"His first job in this area was rebuilding the old Tijuana (Mexico) track, after it had been washed out in the 1916 flood. From that time on, he called San Ysidro his home, although he traveled much afterward.
"In World War I he worked in an eastern munitions factory but later returned to his beloved racing and became one of the country's most noted track-strip builders. Shortly before his death Mexican interests were negotiating with him to go to Mexico City and build a racing strip.
"Mr. Rinehart was known in the racing world for his ability to build fast tracks in quick time. His recent rebuilding of the Agua Caliente track made a racing strip so fast that eight track records have been broken, and this with horses that are not considered the top speedsters.
"He has a host of friends, both in and out of the racing world who mourn his passing."
Well Known Horse Owner Succumbs
SAN DIEGO, July 27,---UPI---Turfmen today mourned the loss of Frank Rinehart, 71, horse owner, race track builder and one time bronco buster, who died yesterday.
Rinehart was an associate of builders of race tracks at Longacres, Wash., Santa Anita and Bay Meadows in California and Agua Caliente, Mexico.
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San Diego Union, San Diego, California, Thursday, August 1, 1940
FRANK RINEHART
Services for Frank Rinehart, 71, who died Friday at a local hospital will be held at 2:30 this afternoon in the Little Church of the Roses, Glen Abbey Memorial Park. The Rev. John Bunyan Smith will officiate.
A resident of San Ysidro for 24 years, Mr. Rinehart was track superintendent of the Agua Caliente race track. He had built and cared for a number of race courses. Three sisters, Mrs. Letty M. Yeager, San Diego; Mrs. Nellie Rohde, Valley City N.D.; and Mrs. Rose Brick, Sebeka, Minn., and a stepson, Frankie Rose, San Diego, survive.
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Evening Tribune, San Diego, California, Monday, August 12, 1929
RINEHART NAMED TRACK DIRECTOR
---------------
POPULAR VETERAN WILL
--CONDITION COURSE FOR
---AGUA CALIENTE'S CLUB
FRANK RINEHART, 62-year-old veteran conditioner of race tracks and race horses, one of the most picturesque figures in western racing during the past decade, will return to the valley of the Tijuana with the opening of the Agua Caliente Jockey club's plant. Rinehart, formerly connected with the Tijuana Jockey club, is to be the track superintendent at Caliente. The return of Rinehart is a story by itself while the character and ability of the man is another as great. Due to personal animosity and professional jealousy, Rinehart was ousted from his job at Tijuana last winter. That the removal of Rinehart was a mistake quickly was discovered. But it was too late. Subsequently the story became public property.
Rinehart's selection was approved by James N. Crofton, general manager of the new jockey club, today. As soon as the grading work is finished and the contractors turn the oval over to the Agua Caliente officials, Rinehart will gather his force and begin shaping up the strip for the race meeting, which will open Dec. 28. The track probably will be open for training about Thanksgiving day.
------------Came here in 1915
Rinehart came to Tijuana with the inception of racing here in 1915. He was James W. Coffroth's ace for the job. From a bush track of the commonest type the racing strip along the river bank was turned into one of the fastest in the world.
Mark after mark was lowered here by thoroughbreds during the years that Rinehart toiled as superintendent. Last season, it is true, many marks were shaded while a new man handled the strip. But it was not because of the latter's work. Rinehart shaped the course before opening of the season and continued his good work until the latter part of the winter, when Jim McDonald moved in.
------------Leaves for Havana
After being with the Tijuana club for two years, Rinehart left his job, packed up his stable and ambled to Cuba for a fling at the purses down there. A year of this and he returned to Tijuana in 1918 to take over his old position.
From then to the first days of 1929 Rinehart bossed the local track. It was during the 1927-28 meeting that the track saw the overthrow of some of the records, standing for seasons. It is true the quality of horses was excellent, but the biggest factor was the fact Rinehart had the track in marvelous condition.
During the two biggest trials of the Tijuana Jockey club Rinehart gained national recognition for his outstanding work.
The terrific flood of 1916 gave the veteran his first big chance. The Tijuana river washed away the track, the jockey club being forced to rebuild. Rinehart handled the track proper while other builders set to work on the various units. Frank was successful, the Tijuana track becoming one of the speed ovals of the world.
Not until 1922 did Rinehart have to battle the elements again. Seventeen days of continuous rain turned the oval into a dangerous quagmire. The river rose, washing out the six-furlong start. Rinehart did not lose a moment setting his crews to work and building a dyke above the track that ultimately saved a misfortune as tragic as the 1916 episode. The track closed for two weeks after it reopened.
------------Famous as Conditioner
Rinehart is recognized as one of the finest of conditioners. A native of Montana, he has been connected with horses and tracks for more than 35 years.
The selection of Rinehart to the job at Caliente is welcome news to San Diego turf fans, bringing back to high recognition a truly capable man; one of unquestionable integrity, sincerity and the highest ability possible. Crofton, in selecting the veteran, again has scored.
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A portion of a letter written by Frank Rinehart's niece, dated August 15, 1962.
My uncle, Frank Rinehart, was a very quiet man, but he had a host of friends. He had a good sense of humor, and refused to worry about worrisome things. I shall quote from an article written by the sports editor of the San Diego paper, who had known him for many years:
"Cowboy, bronco buster, horse owner and, later, master builder of racing strips at Agua Caliente, Santa Anita, Bay Meadows, and Longacres, Frank Rinehart, 71, died in a local hospital yesterday following a short illness.
"A resident of San Ysidro 24 years, his last job was as superintendent of the Agua Caliente track. ...... Born in Michigan, he went west as a youth and became a cowboy and a 'Buster' of untamed horses in Montana. He gravitated into the racing world and became a horse owner, racing in tracks throughout North America and Cuba.
"His first job in this area was rebuilding the old Tijuana (Mexico) track, after it had been washed out in the 1916 flood. From that time on, he called San Ysidro his home, although he traveled much afterward.
"In World War I he worked in an eastern munitions factory but later returned to his beloved racing and became one of the country's most noted track-strip builders. Shortly before his death Mexican interests were negotiating with him to go to Mexico City and build a racing strip.
"Mr. Rinehart was known in the racing world for his ability to build fast tracks in quick time. His recent rebuilding of the Agua Caliente track made a racing strip so fast that eight track records have been broken, and this with horses that are not considered the top speedsters.
"He has a host of friends, both in and out of the racing world who mourn his passing."
Modesto Bee And Herald-News, Modesto, California, July 27, 1940
Well Known Horse Owner Succumbs
SAN DIEGO, July 27,---UPI---Turfmen today mourned the loss of Frank Rinehart, 71, horse owner, race track builder and one time bronco buster, who died yesterday.
Rinehart was an associate of builders of race tracks at Longacres, Wash., Santa Anita and Bay Meadows in California and Agua Caliente, Mexico.
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San Diego Union, San Diego, California, Thursday, August 1, 1940
FRANK RINEHART
Services for Frank Rinehart, 71, who died Friday at a local hospital will be held at 2:30 this afternoon in the Little Church of the Roses, Glen Abbey Memorial Park. The Rev. John Bunyan Smith will officiate.
A resident of San Ysidro for 24 years, Mr. Rinehart was track superintendent of the Agua Caliente race track. He had built and cared for a number of race courses. Three sisters, Mrs. Letty M. Yeager, San Diego; Mrs. Nellie Rohde, Valley City N.D.; and Mrs. Rose Brick, Sebeka, Minn., and a stepson, Frankie Rose, San Diego, survive.
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Evening Tribune, San Diego, California, Monday, August 12, 1929
RINEHART NAMED TRACK DIRECTOR
---------------
POPULAR VETERAN WILL
--CONDITION COURSE FOR
---AGUA CALIENTE'S CLUB
FRANK RINEHART, 62-year-old veteran conditioner of race tracks and race horses, one of the most picturesque figures in western racing during the past decade, will return to the valley of the Tijuana with the opening of the Agua Caliente Jockey club's plant. Rinehart, formerly connected with the Tijuana Jockey club, is to be the track superintendent at Caliente. The return of Rinehart is a story by itself while the character and ability of the man is another as great. Due to personal animosity and professional jealousy, Rinehart was ousted from his job at Tijuana last winter. That the removal of Rinehart was a mistake quickly was discovered. But it was too late. Subsequently the story became public property.
Rinehart's selection was approved by James N. Crofton, general manager of the new jockey club, today. As soon as the grading work is finished and the contractors turn the oval over to the Agua Caliente officials, Rinehart will gather his force and begin shaping up the strip for the race meeting, which will open Dec. 28. The track probably will be open for training about Thanksgiving day.
------------Came here in 1915
Rinehart came to Tijuana with the inception of racing here in 1915. He was James W. Coffroth's ace for the job. From a bush track of the commonest type the racing strip along the river bank was turned into one of the fastest in the world.
Mark after mark was lowered here by thoroughbreds during the years that Rinehart toiled as superintendent. Last season, it is true, many marks were shaded while a new man handled the strip. But it was not because of the latter's work. Rinehart shaped the course before opening of the season and continued his good work until the latter part of the winter, when Jim McDonald moved in.
------------Leaves for Havana
After being with the Tijuana club for two years, Rinehart left his job, packed up his stable and ambled to Cuba for a fling at the purses down there. A year of this and he returned to Tijuana in 1918 to take over his old position.
From then to the first days of 1929 Rinehart bossed the local track. It was during the 1927-28 meeting that the track saw the overthrow of some of the records, standing for seasons. It is true the quality of horses was excellent, but the biggest factor was the fact Rinehart had the track in marvelous condition.
During the two biggest trials of the Tijuana Jockey club Rinehart gained national recognition for his outstanding work.
The terrific flood of 1916 gave the veteran his first big chance. The Tijuana river washed away the track, the jockey club being forced to rebuild. Rinehart handled the track proper while other builders set to work on the various units. Frank was successful, the Tijuana track becoming one of the speed ovals of the world.
Not until 1922 did Rinehart have to battle the elements again. Seventeen days of continuous rain turned the oval into a dangerous quagmire. The river rose, washing out the six-furlong start. Rinehart did not lose a moment setting his crews to work and building a dyke above the track that ultimately saved a misfortune as tragic as the 1916 episode. The track closed for two weeks after it reopened.
------------Famous as Conditioner
Rinehart is recognized as one of the finest of conditioners. A native of Montana, he has been connected with horses and tracks for more than 35 years.
The selection of Rinehart to the job at Caliente is welcome news to San Diego turf fans, bringing back to high recognition a truly capable man; one of unquestionable integrity, sincerity and the highest ability possible. Crofton, in selecting the veteran, again has scored.
-------------------------------------
A portion of a letter written by Frank Rinehart's niece, dated August 15, 1962.
My uncle, Frank Rinehart, was a very quiet man, but he had a host of friends. He had a good sense of humor, and refused to worry about worrisome things. I shall quote from an article written by the sports editor of the San Diego paper, who had known him for many years:
"Cowboy, bronco buster, horse owner and, later, master builder of racing strips at Agua Caliente, Santa Anita, Bay Meadows, and Longacres, Frank Rinehart, 71, died in a local hospital yesterday following a short illness.
"A resident of San Ysidro 24 years, his last job was as superintendent of the Agua Caliente track. ...... Born in Michigan, he went west as a youth and became a cowboy and a 'Buster' of untamed horses in Montana. He gravitated into the racing world and became a horse owner, racing in tracks throughout North America and Cuba.
"His first job in this area was rebuilding the old Tijuana (Mexico) track, after it had been washed out in the 1916 flood. From that time on, he called San Ysidro his home, although he traveled much afterward.
"In World War I he worked in an eastern munitions factory but later returned to his beloved racing and became one of the country's most noted track-strip builders. Shortly before his death Mexican interests were negotiating with him to go to Mexico City and build a racing strip.
"Mr. Rinehart was known in the racing world for his ability to build fast tracks in quick time. His recent rebuilding of the Agua Caliente track made a racing strip so fast that eight track records have been broken, and this with horses that are not considered the top speedsters.
"He has a host of friends, both in and out of the racing world who mourn his passing."
Well Known Horse Owner Succumbs
SAN DIEGO, July 27,---UPI---Turfmen today mourned the loss of Frank Rinehart, 71, horse owner, race track builder and one time bronco buster, who died yesterday.
Rinehart was an associate of builders of race tracks at Longacres, Wash., Santa Anita and Bay Meadows in California and Agua Caliente, Mexico.
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San Diego Union, San Diego, California, Thursday, August 1, 1940
FRANK RINEHART
Services for Frank Rinehart, 71, who died Friday at a local hospital will be held at 2:30 this afternoon in the Little Church of the Roses, Glen Abbey Memorial Park. The Rev. John Bunyan Smith will officiate.
A resident of San Ysidro for 24 years, Mr. Rinehart was track superintendent of the Agua Caliente race track. He had built and cared for a number of race courses. Three sisters, Mrs. Letty M. Yeager, San Diego; Mrs. Nellie Rohde, Valley City N.D.; and Mrs. Rose Brick, Sebeka, Minn., and a stepson, Frankie Rose, San Diego, survive.
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Evening Tribune, San Diego, California, Monday, August 12, 1929
RINEHART NAMED TRACK DIRECTOR
---------------
POPULAR VETERAN WILL
--CONDITION COURSE FOR
---AGUA CALIENTE'S CLUB
FRANK RINEHART, 62-year-old veteran conditioner of race tracks and race horses, one of the most picturesque figures in western racing during the past decade, will return to the valley of the Tijuana with the opening of the Agua Caliente Jockey club's plant. Rinehart, formerly connected with the Tijuana Jockey club, is to be the track superintendent at Caliente. The return of Rinehart is a story by itself while the character and ability of the man is another as great. Due to personal animosity and professional jealousy, Rinehart was ousted from his job at Tijuana last winter. That the removal of Rinehart was a mistake quickly was discovered. But it was too late. Subsequently the story became public property.
Rinehart's selection was approved by James N. Crofton, general manager of the new jockey club, today. As soon as the grading work is finished and the contractors turn the oval over to the Agua Caliente officials, Rinehart will gather his force and begin shaping up the strip for the race meeting, which will open Dec. 28. The track probably will be open for training about Thanksgiving day.
------------Came here in 1915
Rinehart came to Tijuana with the inception of racing here in 1915. He was James W. Coffroth's ace for the job. From a bush track of the commonest type the racing strip along the river bank was turned into one of the fastest in the world.
Mark after mark was lowered here by thoroughbreds during the years that Rinehart toiled as superintendent. Last season, it is true, many marks were shaded while a new man handled the strip. But it was not because of the latter's work. Rinehart shaped the course before opening of the season and continued his good work until the latter part of the winter, when Jim McDonald moved in.
------------Leaves for Havana
After being with the Tijuana club for two years, Rinehart left his job, packed up his stable and ambled to Cuba for a fling at the purses down there. A year of this and he returned to Tijuana in 1918 to take over his old position.
From then to the first days of 1929 Rinehart bossed the local track. It was during the 1927-28 meeting that the track saw the overthrow of some of the records, standing for seasons. It is true the quality of horses was excellent, but the biggest factor was the fact Rinehart had the track in marvelous condition.
During the two biggest trials of the Tijuana Jockey club Rinehart gained national recognition for his outstanding work.
The terrific flood of 1916 gave the veteran his first big chance. The Tijuana river washed away the track, the jockey club being forced to rebuild. Rinehart handled the track proper while other builders set to work on the various units. Frank was successful, the Tijuana track becoming one of the speed ovals of the world.
Not until 1922 did Rinehart have to battle the elements again. Seventeen days of continuous rain turned the oval into a dangerous quagmire. The river rose, washing out the six-furlong start. Rinehart did not lose a moment setting his crews to work and building a dyke above the track that ultimately saved a misfortune as tragic as the 1916 episode. The track closed for two weeks after it reopened.
------------Famous as Conditioner
Rinehart is recognized as one of the finest of conditioners. A native of Montana, he has been connected with horses and tracks for more than 35 years.
The selection of Rinehart to the job at Caliente is welcome news to San Diego turf fans, bringing back to high recognition a truly capable man; one of unquestionable integrity, sincerity and the highest ability possible. Crofton, in selecting the veteran, again has scored.
-------------------------------------
A portion of a letter written by Frank Rinehart's niece, dated August 15, 1962.
My uncle, Frank Rinehart, was a very quiet man, but he had a host of friends. He had a good sense of humor, and refused to worry about worrisome things. I shall quote from an article written by the sports editor of the San Diego paper, who had known him for many years:
"Cowboy, bronco buster, horse owner and, later, master builder of racing strips at Agua Caliente, Santa Anita, Bay Meadows, and Longacres, Frank Rinehart, 71, died in a local hospital yesterday following a short illness.
"A resident of San Ysidro 24 years, his last job was as superintendent of the Agua Caliente track. ...... Born in Michigan, he went west as a youth and became a cowboy and a 'Buster' of untamed horses in Montana. He gravitated into the racing world and became a horse owner, racing in tracks throughout North America and Cuba.
"His first job in this area was rebuilding the old Tijuana (Mexico) track, after it had been washed out in the 1916 flood. From that time on, he called San Ysidro his home, although he traveled much afterward.
"In World War I he worked in an eastern munitions factory but later returned to his beloved racing and became one of the country's most noted track-strip builders. Shortly before his death Mexican interests were negotiating with him to go to Mexico City and build a racing strip.
"Mr. Rinehart was known in the racing world for his ability to build fast tracks in quick time. His recent rebuilding of the Agua Caliente track made a racing strip so fast that eight track records have been broken, and this with horses that are not considered the top speedsters.
"He has a host of friends, both in and out of the racing world who mourn his passing."
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