Word: 21st
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Whitneys who usually import great European stallions, but a syndicate of four young men, all under 35: Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, Sylvester Labrot Jr., James Cox Brady Jr. and Walter P. Chrysler Jr. Alfred Vanderbilt is no tyro at either raising or racing thoroughbreds. Six years ago, on his 21st birthday, he inherited his mother's magnificent stud farm and racing stable, invested half a million or more in Pimlico and Belmont Park race tracks, is well on his way to becoming America's No. 1 turfman. Young Labrot, whose ancestors made a fortune in rum, is carrying...
...later, at Fresh Meadow, Sarazen won the National Open again-playing the last 18 holes in 66. Last week, on the eve of the 44th U. S. Open, held on Cleveland's dog-tiring, wind-tricky Canterbury links, 38-year Oldster Sarazen, preparing to tee off in his 21st Open, made another prediction; no golfer over 35 will ever win the Open...
...chess and horseback riding as well as motorcycling and engineering. He intervened to save their horses for a few squadrons who were downcast by the cavalry's motorization. The soldiers of his division called him "The Old Man" for his paternalism. When September 1 came last year, the 21st Army Corps fought for him like fearless robots to take Graudenz, Poland's corner-pillar in the Corridor...
When Manhattan's Theatre Guild celebrated its 21st birthday fortnight ago, the occasion seemed less like a lusty coming-of-age than a triumph of longevity. Twenty-one years may not seem long compared to Paris' 250-year-old Comédie Franchise, but it is longer than any other serious theatre group has lasted in New York...
...terms of dollars, the British pound has two prices. One price is quoted by the Rt. Hon. Montagu Collet Norman, who last week was re-elected for his 21st year as Governor of the Bank of England...