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My brother and I used to take turns
spending the summer at my grand-parents home where Hoop also
lived. Below are the contents of a letter that J.T. Hoff
sent home to our parents in North Carolina. The Bill is Bill
Schaible, Rob, Rob Schaible and Pop-pop was Percy Schaible (Hoop's
father). J.T. was 10 years old at the time.
June 29, 1965
Dear Mom and Dad,
How are you? I am just fine. Bill, Rob, Pop-pop and me
went to the races. We saw Hoop race. Hoop won a race.
When you win a race you have to ride around the race track so
everybody knows that they win the race. Hoop got in two
wrecks.
Once a man crashed into the fence and Hoop hit him right in the
back of the car. One car crashed into the fence and Hoop hit
him and spun around the track and then was going backwards on the
track then was out of the race. You know what time Hoop
crashed? 11:30 at night.
From, J.T.
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