Word: guinan
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...walk, amble, trot, canter, gallop or jump, even in the English saddle with its low pommel and cantle. In the McClellan saddle of the U. S. Army or the cowboy saddle of the ranches, she will have even a more secure seat, as can testify famed Rodeo Rider "Texas" Guinan, now boisterous hostess of a Manhattan supper club.† She never found anything exotic or treacherous in a man's saddle, and certainly would never weary her pony with the heavier sidesaddle...
...with his tiddling, all unseen by the press. "I'll come down myself," snapped Mr. Payne. He, 33, a viveur himself in a controlled fashion, is a member of the Club. His face - curly-mouthed, snub-nosed, the face of a bespectacled Puck-is well known to "Texas" Guinan, famed proprietress. Also, it is known, most unpleasantly known, to Harry K. Thaw. That is why the other patrons of the club gasped when they saw the waiter place Mr. Payne at the table next Mr. Thaw's, back to back with the killer. In every mind beat...
...Manhattan, a tall gray-haired man in a dinner jacket followed a small brunette into the night club of one Texas Guinan. Waiters gaped. Broadway brahmins stared at each other with a wild surmise. "It's Harry Thaw," they said. The famed slayer, onetime maniac, rabbit-fancier, danced with the brunette, entertained many at his table, sent incredible tips to orchestra-players, listened to a song composed in his honor...