Title: "Horses Move Out; Japanese Move In," Seattle Times, 3/24/1942, (ddr-densho-56-712)
Densho ID: ddr-densho-56-712

Horses Move Out; Japanese Move In

LOS ANGELES, March 24. -- (AP) -- The thoroughbreds evacuated Santa Anita in favor of Japanese evacuees today.

Trainer George Strate loaded Hugh S. Nesbitt's Staretor, Copperman, Fly the Coop and a filly by Hard Tack into a railroad train and headed for Havre de Grace at Baltimore. Staretor was named for the Dixie Handicap at Pimlico. It was the last carload of horses to leave Santa Anita. The track is being converted into a reception center for Japanese evacuated from West Coast military zones.