JRM86

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COI Declaration

COI Declaration:

My first article, Robert T. McCowan, is a deceased relative of mine and offers no personal gain to myself in its creation.

Precautions taken: Citations - extensive citations have been used throughout the article to validate material. Neutrality - diary excerpts, personal verbiage, and extensive descriptive language has not been used.

Purpose of article: The person in question held several notable positions in both a large corporation and university in the state of Kentucky. He is a key figure in several historical accounts, both at University of Kentucky and Ashland, Inc.

JRM86 (talk) 11:38, 26 July 2020 (UTC)

J. Thomas Taylor

I did touchups on your article but one thing remains unclear. You showed The Nut won the The Championship in 1929. The Nut did win the Latonia Championship Stakes in 1929 but Wikipedia shows the trainer as Joe Notter. You might want to check it out and make the correction(s) if necessary. Also, you had used an abbreviation (which if linked in an article makes it redundant) so I changed them to California Breeders' Trial Stakes (Eddie Arcaro, 1956), California Breeders' Champion Stakes (Eddie Arcaro, 1957). However, note I changed the Champion Stakes from 1956 to 1957 but not the "Trial" even though it is reported in some newspapers dated in the first week of January 1957, it was run on December 29, 1956. Thanks. Glad to see your considerable effort to create this needed article. Stretchrunner (talk) 15:24, 21 October 2020 (UTC)