Fans who looked the 55th edition of the Jugette on the Delaware County Fair this afternoon may have noticed that the Hall of Fame-broadcaster Roger Huston was not on the call for the three-year-old Merrieveeulen Pacing classic and that was from Design.
Huston, who had called all 54 earlier Jugettes and 57 straight little brown jugs, reported Jug officials that he wanted to take a step back and call fewer races during the Jug week and chose to start with today’s Jugette.
“We can’t thank Roger enough for everything he does for Delaware,” said Tom Wright, president of the Little Brown Jug Society. “I was sad when Roger approached me with this request. For everyone who knows that Roger would understand his desire to do it ‘his way’.”
Huston was hired in August 1967 by Henry “Hank” Thomson to serve as a announcer during the Grand Circuit Stop in Delaware.
Since 1967, more than 4,200 races have been performed on the Delaware County Fair, almost all with Huston behind the microphone.
‘I just want to make it clear. I am not retired, “noted Huston, who celebrated his 83rd birthday yesterday (Tuesday).” I just felt that it was the right thing to do, to give another young man the chance to live their dream. “
That ‘young man’ is Jason Settlemoir, who has served Huston’s assistant broadcaster since 2012.
Settlemoir is a resident of Newark, Ohio and has been coming to the Kan since 1988.
“Roger has been like a father for me. He has been a great mentor and friend,” Settlemoir noted. “I am proud that he has the confidence in me to continue this tradition.”
Through Jay Wolf
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