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Rogers admits. “He was a good runner though. He made 31 starts and won several times.”
College and medical school hampered somewhat the opportunities to race, though the young student was still able to foxhunt with packs in Maryland and Virginia.
Life at medical school and as a resident at several hospitals in Washington, D. C., was hard but exciting. Nights were often spent moonlighting on ambulances in the city, earning the young medical student $10 a night for his efforts.
Dr. Rogers’ reasons for becoming a doctor were a little unusual, though nonetheless adequate to get him into medical school. Strongly attached to the country, he wanted a profession that would allow him to stay at home and not have to commute to work in the city.
Later on as a family doctor also working the emergencv room he would sometimes find his schedule clashed with the care of his horses.
But it was a profession he enioved. And, if a horse is given a good foundation training it is very flexible about exercising and future training, he says.
It was not until 1949 that Dr. Rogers was able to get involved in hunt racing, both as an owner and a rider.
Lord Loudoun was the horse that helped the young doctor to get into racing. After a summer of racing on the flat and a winter in the hunt field, Lord Loudoun and Dr. Rogers were ready to race over fences.
In the spring of 1949 the big horse gave Dr. Rogers his first taste of victory by winning the Rokeby Bowl on the old Rokeby course.
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