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Under Howard's silks and Trainer Tom Smith's care, the Biscuit rose like a popover. In 1937, as a four-year-old, he won more money ($168,580) than any thoroughbred that year. At five, when most U. S. race horses are ready to retire, the Biscuit ran anywhere & everywhere, finally clinched the title of U. S. thoroughbred champion by showing his hoofs to War Admiral in the memorable Race of the Century at Pimlico (TIME...
...best-in-show competition were: a sleek Saluki, a tiny Brussels griffon, a powerful boxer, a dark red chow chow, a smooth fox terrier, a coal-black cocker spaniel. The terrier, four-year-old Nornay Saddler owned by James M. Austin of Old Westbury, L. I., had been judged best-in-show at 51 U.S. shows, a record no dog has ever approached within sniffing distance. The cocker, four-year-old My Own Brucie owned by Herman Mellenthin of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., boasted no such record but was judged best-in-show (over 4,456 rivals) at the Morris & Essex...
...Pimlico Special (a weight-for-age affair at a mile-and-three-sixteenths for three-year-olds and up) was recognized as the annual post-season race that determines the U. S. thoroughbred champion. Some 25,000 turf fans crammed into Pimlico's mid-Victorian stands to see if this year's Special would be as dramatic as the first two.† Contenders for the title were William L. Brann's three-year-old Challedon, Charles S. Howard's four-year-old Kayak II and Townsend B. Martin's four-year-old Cravat (famed Johnstown...
...title of a play they staged. A gold loving cup was conferred upon Ted Barnick-and the title of Chicago's Handsomest Iceman. So in Chicago last week the National Association of Ice Industries convened to celebrate a four-year-old renaissance...
...three years of working in kitchens, fierce economy, single-minded loyalty. Last week Angelo met the liner Rex, joyfully took into his arms brown-eyed Amelia and their four-year-old bambino, Bruno...