John Adams (born September 1, 1915 in Iola, Kansas) is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1965. John Adams, nicknamed the "Iola Mite" for his boyhood home in Kansas, got his first ride at a county fair where his father was delivering feed for the horses and other livestock. His parents didn't want him to become a jockey and refused to sign the necessary papers for an apprenticeship, … Wikipedia
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