Word: grooms
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Sutton, 74, Missouri's old-groom-of-the-season, said his 16-year-old Bride Vinnie had floWn the coop, after only two weeks. "She said she had a headache. . . ." reported Farmer Sutton...
...GROOM Edgware, Middlesex, England...
Most race track barns are tinder dry. The one housing Elizabeth Arden Graham's horses at Arlington Park, near Chicago, was no exception. Flames, from a fire caused by an unwatched electric heater, licked over the loose straw bedding and lapped at wooden partitions. A Negro groom threw a single bucket of water, saw that it was futile and made a beeline to save the horses...
...horse of hers that horsemen like best is cranky, gluttonous Lord Boswell. He is solid brown, not too big, with slim neck and the kind of pointed head horses have in old racing prints. He tries to nip and kick his ancient Negro groom, who calls him "Boss Man." His appetite is so voracious that he has to be muzzled to keep him from eating his bedding. Not long ago, his stableboys found the glass of two electric light bulbs mysteriously crunched out, and Lord Boswell up on his hind legs licking another bulb. Now Boss Man has no light...
Lord Boswell's stablemate, Knockdown, is a big, gawky fellow. His Negro groom calls him "Big Foot Hoss," and swears he is thoroughly "gentlemanfied." He got out in front in the $100.000 Santa" Anita Derby last winter and forgot to quit, even though his owner wanted another of her nags, Star Pilot, to win. Knockdown did it again last week in a nine-furlong workout against Star Pilot (who had already won purses totaling $187,385). Gawky Knockdown was running easily at the finish in 1:56. Reluctantly Elizabeth Arden scratched Star Pilot as a Derby starter, and withdrew...