Word: epsom
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Suzy Volterra, 38, a pert, blonde Parisian widow, was not exactly a plunger. When her bay colt Phil Drake went to the post for the 176th running of the English Derby at Epsom Downs last week, it had the bright red and white of the Volterra stables on its back and only $56 of Suzy's money on its nose. With fine French caution, Suzy also bet $14 insurance money on the Aga Khan's Hafiz...
...Suzy figured it, she was not at Epsom to clean out the bookies. Her husband, the late Leon Volterra, French theater tycoon (Folies-Bergeres and Casino de Paris), had left her well fixed. She wanted to win to wipe out a white lie: Leon had died in 1949 still believing his wife's report that he owned a Derby winner. That year, the Volterra stables were running Amour Drake, the Derby favorite, and Amour Drake was beaten in a photo finish. Léon Volterra, on his deathbed, was told his horse...
...Beer & Epsom Salts. For snow that is supposed to be already on the ground, somewhat different techniques are used. Snowdrifts on TV are actually masses of plastic flakes in solid form; snowy window sills are shaped from a coarse dairy salt, then sprayed with water to give it a smooth, rounded look. To simulate frost on a windowpane. the technicians brew a mixture of beer and Epsom salts and paint it on the glass...
...178th renewal of the St. Leger Stakes and ran off with $37,721 for his American owner, 78-year-old Financier Robert Sterling Clark. Blinking happily through tears, Clark hugged his three-year-old chestnut colt, first American-bred and American-owned horse since 1881 to win both the Epsom Derby (TIME, June 14) and the St. Leger...
...Dewar's White Label); of a heart ailment; in Montecatini, Italy. Heir to a $5,000,000 fortune and a famous thoroughbred stable at 38, "Lucky" Dewar hit the headlines in 1931 when his horse Cameronian won the first two legs (the Two Thousand Guineas at Newmarket, the Epsom Derby) on Britain's Triple Crown, missed pulling off a rare coup when Cameronian ran a dismal last in the St. Leger...