Wednesday, November 19, 1997, 12:00 AM He was just 16, had won just one race, a non-betting race at the fairs at that, but already Bobby Cotton Jr. Had big plans. That's the way he was, a dreamer who was going to make his dreams come true. 'I remember when he drove his first winner,' recalled Bruce Stearns, the executive director of the New Jersey Sire Stakes program. 'It was at East Lynne Farm and I went to the winner's circle to congratulate him. Stage Plot Pro Serial Mac.

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He was so pleased by that that he told me later, 'When I get inducted into the Hall of Fame, you can sit at my table. ' ' Cotton never made it to the Hall of Fame, but not because he didn't try. His life and his harness racing career were tragically cut short Monday when he died from injuries suffered in an auto accident near Garden State Park early Sunday morning. He was just 21. Also involved in the accident were trainers Peter Fusco and Mark Kesmodel. Fusco walked away with only minor injuries, while Kesmodel suffered broken legs and was scheduled to undergo surgery yesterday.

Cotton was driving a 1991 Mustang, which veered off the road and struck two trees and a utility pole after Cotton may have hit an icy patch in the road. Cotton was signed on as an organ donor, and his family was informed yesterday that some of his organs already have been successfully transplanted to others. In an era when most teenagers barely know that harness racing exists, all Cotton ever wanted to be was a driver. He was a third-generation horseman, born to be a harness driver as soon as possible. Stearns remembers him warming up horses before sire stakes races at the fair tracks when he was only 12 or 13 years old. Just a few years later, he received a Q-F (qualifying-fair license), which allowed him to compete on the fair circuit when he was 16. Dr Najeeb. A driver is not permitted in New Jersey to compete in parimutuel races until he is 18, but Cotton didn't waste another minute.