It's a small world

Museum of the High Plains board president John Hubert right, discusses thoroughbred race horses with Mike Columb of Fielding, New Zealand, at the museum in downtown McCook Sunday afternoon. Mike left New Zealand Aug. 15 and flew 12 hours to start a cross-country train trek of the United States. He stopped Sunday in McCook, what he hoped was a typical “small American town.” Mike owns two race horses and both are running well right now, ready to go to the track at the end of September, he said. Mike’s retired, explaining he has plenty of time now to go watch early-morning training. Mike chuckled when John, who has raised race horses for the past 30-some years, said with a knowing grin, “They say that ‘horse racing is the sport of kings,’ but it’s financed by fools.” The men studied trophies earned by race horses bred, owned and trained by Louie Glick of McCook. Mike plans three more weeks touring the United States before heading back home.