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Love Is Eternal, by Irving Stone (Doubleday; $3.95), poses a problem: Can a bluegrass belle from Kentucky marry a rude rail splitter from Illinois and find enduring love and happiness in the White House? Author Stone supplies the answers in a 468-page Edgar Guestimate about the love and home life of Abe and Mary...
Whittledycut in the Bluegrass...
...unromantic fact the bluegrass is no bluer than the Danube. It is an intense green most of the year. When the grass is in bloom, a faint bluish haze can be detected over the meadows but only with the aid of a strong imagination and a frosty julep...
...major factor in Kentucky's pre-eminence in breeding thoroughbreds is the quick-growing, perennial bluegrass. Under lying this valuable feed crop is a layer of rare old limestone, which supplies phosphorus and calcium for the building of sturdy bones, elastic muscles and strong tendons...
Capital of the Bluegrass is the city of Lexington (pop. 55,000). It has the largest Burley leaf tobacco market in the world, carries on a thriving business in cattle and sheep, and is the home of the University of Kentucky and Transylvania College. Its No. 1 business, nevertheless, is the breed ing, raising, selling and racing of thorough breds (as early as 1782 there were "race paths" around Lexington). Standard-bred trotters and pacers and the American saddle horse are also raised here...