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Charming Prince. The early 6-to-5 favorite in what is being billed as the "Battle of the Big Two" is Majestic Prince, grandson of the great Native Dancer and a winner in all seven of his races. In the $132,200 Santa Anita Derby, Jockey Bill Hartack all but hauled in the reins going down the stretch and the Prince still won by eight lengths, the widest margin of victory in the 32-year history of the event...
...victories in 32,406 starts) and now the horse's trainer. Says Johnny: "Hartack is so high on this colt he comes out to work him in the mornings, and you know how many name jocks do that." Even his blacksmith finds the Prince charming. "His hoofs," says Bill Bane, "are as perfect a set as I've been privileged to work with for many a year...
...middle-aged London accountant named Graham Merrill (Bill Travers) buys an otter to keep it from becoming a captive circus performer. Given his freedom, the animal returns the favor by wrecking Merrill's city flat and showing him that happiness is a cottage in Scotland. Merrill blithely quits his insurance job, hies to the highlands and begins a life of happy isolation. Even in children's films, a man cannot drift for long before a pair of pretty eyes begin blinking like a lighthouse. Here they belong to Virginia Mc-Kenna-Mrs. Travers in real life...
Harvard sophomore Bill Bennett will probably have the task of containing Johnson. Mike Ananis and McDowell, a very close friend of Unruh's, will make up the rest of the Crimson defense along with goalie John Cosentino...
...highlight of the game was the balanced hitting attack of the entire squad. Sixteen different players reached firs base safely, twelve scored, and ten had run-producing hits. In individual performance, center fielder Neil Hurley had three hits, and sophomore Bill Kelly go on base every time he went to the plate...