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ENDS NameAge Wgt Hgt Prep School Burchard William L. 17 150 5.10 Gunnery Casey, Thomas W. 18 160 5.10 Boston Latin Cordingley, William A. 19 180 5.11 Exeter Duane, George E. 17 173 6. Newton High Fagerland, Robert 19 175 6.2 Arlington High Hamill, Hunt 19 160 6. Milton Academy Hemp, Richard H. 17 147 5.10 Berkeley High Hinchliff, William E. 18 170 6.1 Pomfret Hoar, Sherman 19 165 6.1 Exeter Kelley, Richard W. 18 150 5.11 Somerville High Kelly Barton 18 160 6.1 Groton Kennedy, John F. 19 165 6. Choate Maguire, Albert 20 175 5.11 Hebron (Worcester) MacIssac...
Married. Guy Waggoner, 58, Texas racetrack owner (Arlington Downs), co-administrator of the $100,000,000 oil fortune left by his father, W. T. ("Old Dan") Waggoner; and Virginia Joan Greene, 20, Dallas department store clerk, his sixth wife; in Colorado Springs, Colo. Fortnight ago he divorced his fifth wife, is reported to have paid her $500.000. Said Father Waggoner once: "Anybody who can't appreciate a pretty woman, a fast horse, and a good beef steer-well, something's wrong with his head." Divorced, Mrs. Lou Hoover Dunbar, daughter of retiring Dean Theodore Jesse Hoover of Stanford...
...Case Ace, two-year-old owned by Mrs. Ethel V. Mars: the Futurity, feature race of the 30th and last day of Arlington Park's highly successful race-meet, for a first prize of $36,500; in Chicago...
What had started as an enterprise of civic pride went on the same way. Members of the club agreed to take no profits from the track, put $2,500,000 more into improvements. Arlington Park became to Chicago's five race tracks what Belmont Park is to New York City's four. In 1931, its best season, $18,000,000 was wagered in 30 days. What improvements to make after purses have been raised may be a problem. The track already has the largest grandstand in the U. S., an "eye in the sky" to photograph close finishes...
...Arlington Park's operating methods are remarkable because they are unique. Its success is remarkable because it is nothing of the sort. A wave to reform Reform laws against gambling swept the U. S. in 1933. Gambling is now legal in 26 states and the renaissance of horse racing that started in 1932 is still booming. Since 1933 14 new tracks have opened and $3,000,000,000 have been wagered. As noteworthy as the success of Chicago's Arlington Park has been that of at least two other major U. S. establishments officially dedicated to improving...