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...placid and tough, ready to run anywhere, any time. He is indifferent to cross-continental flights (eight so far) that make other thoroughbreds airsick. He is at his best in races over a mile-and the longer the better. Despite his small frame, he has won eight handicap races carrying 130 Ibs. or more (neither Citation nor Nashua ever won carrying that much). Says Trainer Molter: "He hasn't even had a snotty nose since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Moneymaker | 9/8/1958 | See Source »

...Travis Kerr's top-weighted (130 Ibs.), four-year-old Round Table made his move at the far turn, and Willie Shoemaker brought him home the winner by a comfortable 2½ lengths in the $85,200 Arlington Handicap in Illinois. First money of $54,100 gave Round Table career earnings of $1,215,114, just $73,451 behind the retired Nashua, alltime earnings champion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, Sep. 1, 1958 | 9/1/1958 | See Source »

With a predominantly (85%) Negro population, the Virgin Islands is race conscious; it has had three Negro Governors since 1946. But being white did not handicap Merwin; in 1954 he went to the Virgin Islands Senate with the largest popular vote given a Senator-at-large. By last December he took the No. 2 post in the administration as Government Secretary, showed a steady hand at finance, revamped the tax program and the Alcohol Control Board. Seven weeks ago, when Atlanta-born Negro Walter A. Gordon stepped out of the governorship after two years, eight months and into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VIRGIN ISLANDS: Native Governor | 8/18/1958 | See Source »

Born. To Harry Lillis ("Bing") Crosby, 54, patriarchal tycrooner, horseman, low-handicap golfer, and Cinemactress Kathy (Operation Mad Ball) Grant (formerly Olive Kathryn Grandstaff of West Columbia, Texas), 24: a son, their first child (he has four other sons by his first wife, the late Musicomedienne Dixie Lee); in Hollywood. Name: Harry Lillis III. Nickname: Tex. Weight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Aug. 18, 1958 | 8/18/1958 | See Source »

...Carrying crushing top weight of 134 Ibs. and giving away up to 32 Ibs., Bold Ruler breezed to an easy victory over a lackluster field in Monmouth Park's $110,650 Monmouth Handicap...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, Jul. 28, 1958 | 7/28/1958 | See Source »

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