Word: gallop
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Artillery. Novelty of the show was an exhibition drill by six six-horse units of the Black Horse Battery from Fort Myer, Va. For seven minutes each night they cut intricate didoes, ended by tearing around the arena at a dead gallop in two sets of three. As they swerved sharply at the last possible moment, the heavy guns skidded into the end boards, and, to the delight of the gallery, sprayed the ermine wraps and starched shirts of the socialite boxholders with great gobs of dirt...
...gentleman rides gallop-a-trot, gallop...
...chances materially improved by the winner's position at the pole, Shirley Hanover stepped out smartly in the second heat. In the backstretch her driver, Henry Thomas, seemed to ease, and for a moment lost the lead. But as Schnapps and Farr both broke into a gallop and were pulled to the outside, Shirley Hanover once more shot ahead in the homestretch. Time for the second and winning heat was an equally remarkable...
Jalopy from Gallop...
COME, COME MR. EDITOR DON'T BE SO ACADEMIC ABOUT JALOPY IN LETTERS (TIME, JUNE 7). ANYONE OUGHT TO KNOW THE REAL ARGUMENT LIES IN WHETHER IT IS AN EUPHEMISTIC CONTRACTION OF "DILAPIDATED" OR SPRINGS DIRECTLY FROM "GALLOP," MEANING TO MOVE BY SPRINGING LEAPS. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH AZTEC PURGATIVE ROOTS AND SUGGEST PUNISHING ED FOR SUCH TRIPE BY MAKING HIM EAT HIS WORDS SEASONED WITH SOME JALAP AND A WELL TURNED JALOPY...