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enthusiasm of any proud grandparent.
His evenings are often filled with dancing in the Laurel area. Aitcheson proclaims proficiency at the "... jitterbug through rock and roll. I’m into it all.”
Through the dancing and riding, Aitcheson looks literally half his age. “I really mean it about that race in the year 2000,” he repeated. “I think that me and Mikey Smithwick [inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1975] should both ride for its 50th anniversary.”
Smithwick is currently 67 years old, one year Aitcheson’s junior, and he would only chuckle when asked whether he was game. “But I’ll bet that old Aitcheson is serious,” Smithwick said. “He always was fearless.”
“He’s a good hand with a horse,” said Tim Keefe, who at 29 is not even half Aitcheson’s age. “He usuajly gets on one or two for me, first thing every morning.” In deference to the records, maybe, Keefe has his track stable office decorated with a couple of 1950’s win pictures provider! by Aitcheson.
The living legend, truly game to set yet another record, finished his second cup of herbal tea and set off for home, just up the road from the track. At age 68, you’d have thought he was going home for a nap. But with Aitcheson, you never know — maybe he was going to put on his dancing shoes.
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