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...NKVD, he discovered, knew every detail of his personal and military history. They even showed him photographs of himself "at the Olympic Games in Amsterdam and at the international horseshow in Nice"-snapshots which he had never known existed. "We have such a file for every military and political personage in the whole world," said the proud interrogator...
...Louis Swift Jr., whose husband is one of the porker-packing Swifts, got holy Ned from the Chicago Animal Welfare League for placing a pig in peril. She put a pig in a pen at the Galloping Hills Horseshow, and blue-blooded jumpers jumped in & out. Soon a humane officer turned up at the Swift mansion-"stormed into the house and was very rude," said Mrs. Swift. He got the gate. "There's no one who loves animals more than I do," cried Mrs. Swift to the press. "I wouldn't hurt that pig for anything-took...
...most of the Britishers it will be quite an experience for few of them have ever seen a horseshow with 200 cowboys and cowgirls competing for world championships in bronco bushings, sicer roping and other neck cracking events. Feature star of the show is Gene Autry, who is reported to hold great appeal for these seamen...
Most famed U. S. jumping Jill is Mrs. John Hay ("Jock") Whitney, a spirited, devil-may-care rider who has been winning blue ribbons on the horseshow circuit for 15 years. Before her marriage to Croesusrich young Whitney in 1930, Mary Elizabeth ("Liz") Altemus was well known in the hunt country around Philadelphia. After acquiring the 2,200-acre, million-dollar "Llangollen" estate near Upperville, Va., Liz Whitney became the most glamorous horsewoman in the U. S. Her drawing-room gum-chewing, social-worker hairdo, haphazard clothes were aped by many lesser socialites. Her riding technique became the very pattern...
...Five nights before his 57th birthday, Franklin Roosevelt motored over to Fort Myer, Va. to a gala Army horseshow, proceeds of which (around $3,000) began this year's anti-infantile paralysis collection in his honor. With him he took Mrs. Roosevelt, horse-loving Harry Hopkins, and Madam Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins, currently under fire in the House...