Tim Conway Wins Turf Honor

Actor Tim Conway, a mainstay on the long-running Carol Burnett show and the bumbling Ensign Parker on “McHale’s Navy,” was elected 1989 Big Sport of Turfdom for his part in founding the Don MacBeth Memorial Jockey Fund.

The MacBeth fund was started in 1987 and named for the late jockey, who died of cancer in March of that year. Since that time, it has funded physical therapy and medical treatment and provided financial assistance to jockeys in need.

Conway, 54, who got into racing as an exercise rider for his father at old Randall Park in Cleveland, is one of several celebrities who have been honored by the Turf Publicists of America. Others include composer Burt Bacharach and actors Telly Savalas, Jack Klugman and John Forsythe.