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...best friends have been the dogs of St. Bernard, traditionally trained by the monks of that hospice to succor and save benighted travelers in the 8,111-ft. pass under Mt. Blanc's cold shoulder near the Franco-Swiss frontier. Weighing up to 200 Ib. in maturity, the St. Bernard dogs are noted for great strength, docility, intelligence, and an expression of almost idiotic benignity. From puppyhood, the dogs are taught to drag unconscious travelers as far as they can, then run & fetch the monks from the hospice. In times past the clogs actually carried around their necks...
...retaliated in the fourth inning with four singles and as many runs. However, Winthrop's three runs in the first and two in the fourth sewed up the game. The lineups: WINTHROP (11): Gilliland, cf; Burbank, 3b, ss; Moore, ss, lf; Gray, c; Kelley, 2b; Turner, lf, rf; Benedict, Ib; Ellis, p; Blumberg, rf. Subs: Downs, 3b. DUNSTER (6): Pamp, cf; Jones, 3b; Hunter, 1b; Caldwell, c; Blackwood, P; Brooks, 2b; George, lf; Hampson, ss; Nuabaum...
Most diverting of all her stunts was her weight-reducing campaign. Called "The Big Girl" because of her 251 Ib. when she took office, she decided to reduce after she made trips to her municipal bathing beach and her own life guards laughed when she waddled out in a bathing suit, size 52. For more than a year all Wildwood watched her gamely shake off pound after pound. When she lost 102 lb.and two of her chins, there was municipal rejoicing. Mayor Bradway further endeared herself to sporting Wildwoodmen at a wrestling match in the Municipal Auditorium. The audience became...
...back into his ship to save the metal money box. He bore it proudly to his officers. But all the bills within had charred to ashes. Also lost was a valuable 340-lb. cargo of which the chief known items were photo-graphs and newsreel films. Of 240 Ib. of mail, only 200 charred letters were saved...
...Admiral got. Trainer Conway had him exercised just enough to give him an appetite but not enough to tire him. Instead of two meals a day, he got snacks between meals and suppers at midnight whenever he appeared hungry. Careful stuffing raised little War Admiral's weight 100 Ib. over the winter. He finally contrived to grow from 15 hands to 15 hands, 3 inches. Listed in the Derby winter books at 15-to-1, War Admiral's odds dropped fast when he won two races at Havre de Grace this spring. In both he exhibited his sire...