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Hair styling, history tells us, first came to the New World in the form of a severe off-the-waist pigtail sweeping primly off the pure brow of one Hepzibah Smith, colonist. Spreading swiftly over the continent, it soon replaced the more primitive native styles; pigtails were seen everywhere in the land and few there were who dared to flaunt the dictates of the prevailing fashion...
Winston Churchill took a flying trip to the Newmarket races, watched his four-year-old Colonist II carry the Churchill pink-and-chocolate silks past the post for his eighth win this year and total purses...
...Wall Street's betting during the British general elections of 1945. Winston Churchill was favored to win over his Socialist opponent Clement Attlee. Among Britain's bookies last week, Winnie's three-year-old colt Colonist II was the odds-on favorite for the Tonbridge Plate at Lingfield Race Course. Like his owner, he came in second. The reason was that a Lingfield, as at all U.S. tracks, the horses run counterclockwise, making left turns. Colonist had won all his races to date (three) on clockwise tracks, which are more common in France and Britain. At Lingfield...
...Churchill won his first race with his first race horse, Colonist II, in August...
Winston Churchill, equipped with an imposing pair of binoculars, took in the races at Windsor, saw his grey colt Colonist II win its second race in two starts...