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...bald head shining dully in the soft glow from the vast skylight. Inches from his right hand was the gavel, the symbol of the authority he would now wield as Speaker of the House, until death or defeat of the Democrats. Sam Rayburn, 58, of Bonham, Tex., bachelor, shorthorn breeder, and for seven years a moderator of the New Deal, was waiting to speak his piece...
...apprentice, genial "Judge" Israel W. Durham, took over, carried on the pattern until 1905, finally died of what was termed "paralysis of the heart"-which was no surprise to some cynical Philadelphia taxpayers. After him came "The Dukes," the three Vare brothers, sons of a South Philadelphia hog-breeder: 1) George, one of the "King's" lieutenants, a contractor; 2) Edwin H., an ashman who extended his control of the neck to most of Philadelphia, died in 1922 controlling most of Pennsylvania's politicos and courts; 3) William, the youngest, whom the U. S. Senate refused to seat...
...responsible for developing the American cocker (the English cocker is a slightly different type) to its present state of near-perfection is My Own Brucie's owner, 52-year-old Herman Mellenthin. A lover of cocker spaniels since 1895, when they were larger and lazier. Breeder Mellenthin established a kennel in Milwaukee 33 years ago, moved it to Poughkeepsie five years later...
...Belair stallions and broodmares are kept at Arthur Hancock's Paris, Ky. farm (four or five broodmares are kept in Ireland to be bred to Irish and English stallions). Every winter* Breeder Woodward personally selects the parents of the next year's crop of foals (usually about 25). At weaning time (six months), the foals are transferred to Collington. There they remain until they are yearlings...
...Belair Stud, Breeder Woodward also raises Clydesdale draft horses. Once a year he sends the stallions around the countryside to improve the stock of the Maryland farmer. Next to horses, the Master of Belair loves trees?not fancy trees, but big homey maples, oaks, beeches. He is always adding trees to his farm, often personally directs their planting and pruning...