Word: belmonts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Buffle, one of the nation's finest Thoroughbreds, died late Tuesday at Belmont Park. The three-year-old colt, generally regarded as second only to mighty Buckpasser, had been suffering since last Thursday of a mysterious brain ailment which paralyzed his face muscles and prevented him from eating...
Despite the unrest, however, the society is far from disintegrating. It has a staff of 250-more than that of the Republican and Democratic national committees combined-at its Belmont, Mass., headquarters and at regional offices in New York, Chicago, Washington, Dallas and Los Angeles. Some 75 full-time field coordinators and 1,100 section leaders direct the society's chapters throughout the U.S. And though John Rousselot, the former California Congressman who serves as the Birchers' public relations director, admits that the growth in membership has slowed down, the society is still attracting new members. It officially...
...objector during World War II, Lowell served a five months sentence in 1943-44 after he pleaded guilty to charges of violating the Selective Service Act. In his poetry, Lowell has written mockingly of that confinement and of those months spent as a patient in the McLean Hospital in Belmont...
...Belmont Stakes, the last of the Triple Crown races and-at 11 mi.-the longest. That is at least 1 mi. farther than most race horses want...
...even his royal name could help Kauai King win a Triple Crown last week. Owner Mike Ford must have figured that the Belmont might be too tough for his colt, because he didn't even bother to pay the $100 nominating fee. He changed his mind after Kauai King won last month's Derby and Preakness. By then, entries for the Belmont had closed, so Ford had to pay a penalty of $5,000 to get his horse into the race...