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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Married. Mary Elizabeth Altemus ("Liz") Whitney Person, 48, socialite horsewoman; and Richard Lunn, 40, public-relations man; she for the third time (her first: Millionaire Horseman John Hay ["Jock"] Whitney), he for the second; in Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Nov. 15, 1954 | 11/15/1954 | See Source »

...just wait," their 250 pound President Jock Langguth snarled after the Prince had run right over him for its fifth touchdown. "We'll get you later." The Prince feels in is its duty to warn you to look out for a parady...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Watch Out for Fake! | 11/6/1954 | See Source »

...beating Native Dancer, there are those who half hope that they will not succeed, so great is their reverence for the horse. On the day of his most recent race, the Big Grey walked majestically into the paddock at the head of a parade of nine entries. Wealthy Horseman Jock Whitney, owner of the No. 2 choice in the betting, gazed admiringly not at his own Straight Face but at the Dancer. "f any one beats him. I hope it's my horse," mused Whitney. "It's strange, but I hope the Dancer wins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cover: The Big Grey | 5/31/1954 | See Source »

Exercise boys hunched over the withers or, if they trusted the animals beneath them, stood high in the stirrups. A Cuban jockey sped by, crooning to his horse in Spanish. A steeplechase jock eased past on a chestnut jumper. A skittish, short-backed filly began to act up, slogging at the bit and trying to turn back up the track. Her jockey cursed: "You crummy pig. You're going back to the bull rings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cover: The Big Grey | 5/31/1954 | See Source »

After a 36 year layoff, the College will return to court tennis action this weekend when a five man Crimson squad plays Yale for the intercollegiate challenge bowl at Jock Whitney Whitney's court on Long Island...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Players Meet Yale In Court Tennis Competition | 5/21/1954 | See Source »

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