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...renegotiating the whole treaty with the other five nations). West Germany's Chancellor Konrad Adenauer decided the time had come to make his own position explicit and public. Despite Adenauer's repeated affirmations of unyielding support of EDC. France announced that it would send Foreign Under Secretary Guerin de Beaumont to see him about EDC "compromise," apparently under the illusion that Der Alte might still be cajoled...
...paddock, Owner Vanderbilt and Trainer Winfrey talk casually with visitors. The tack is carried in, and as Winfrey pulls tight the cinch belt the Dancer rears. The crowd gasps, but the horse, icy calm again in a moment, is saddled and led to the walking ring. Instructions to Guerin are simple: "Ride him with confidence...
...head of the stretch, the Dancer has plainly beaten the seven others, but Straight Face is going strong, at least six lengths ahead. Jockey Guerin is now worried, and so is the crowd. His whip whacks the Dancer's rump four times. Suddenly the grey rear legs slam out like locomotive drive shafts, the front legs seem to grow another two feet long, and in a few space-gulping strides the Dancer catches Straight Face. As he draws abreast, he rubs it in: perceptibly, the horse slows the huge stride and merely stretches his throbbing neck ahead...
...crowd, as well as trainer, jockey and owner, are still shaken by the Big Grey's mercilessly teasing performance. "I wanted to start moving up at the half-mile pole," says relieved Jockey Guerin, "but the horse just wouldn't move then. Was I scared? You're damned right, right down to 50 yards away. I rode him with confidence all right"?he manages a sickly grin?"but he damn near betrayed me." The Dancer merely gulps a few big gulps of air, gives his customary fine TV performance in the winner's circle, and saunters down the shady...
...than 40 feet in three furlongs. To run the course's ups & downs, a horse must be able to accelerate, slow down, accelerate on demand. Next week, Owner Vanderbilt and Trainer Winfrey plan to fly to Britain to case Ascot for themselves. One of the toughest problems: should Jockey Guerin, who has never ridden the kind of race required by English tracks, ride the Big Grey? It would all be difficult?and challenging...