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...beat, uptempo, often with Big Band effects. Favorite artists are Barry White, Gloria Gaynor, Donna Summer, the Silver Convention, Maynard Ferguson, Shalamar, Marvin Gaye, the Bee Gees, the Isley Brothers, Jerry Butler-as well as Sinatra, Como and Glenn Miller. They are cunningly selected by the all-important disco jockeys who keep a hawk's eye on the floor and choreograph the dancers by changing the pace and style of the records and tapes. Says Chicago Disco Jockey Paul Weisberg: "I look around and get a feeling for the mood, the age and the dress of the people...
...first quarter-mile came, he was rating gently on the lead, relaxed and running smoothly. From then on, he coasted, flicking away in turn brief challenges from Spirit Level, Run Dusty Run and Sanhedrin. It was a hand-ride all the way for the big dark bay. Jockey Jean Cruguet tapped him twice with an uncocked whip in the stretch, looked for contenders over first one shoulder, then the other and, 20 yards from the finish, stood up in the saddle. He went past the wire with his whip held triumphantly aloft...
...schedule was matched with equally undemanding workouts. Horsemen were quick to point out that he was slightly "short"-not in peak form-for the Kentucky Derby. After that race, Cruguet dawdled briefly up the track before riding into the winner's circle, because Slew was winded. Said the jockey, "I didn't want him panting there like some cheap horse...
Rich Reward. Seattle Slew will take a few months off. In the fall, fans and handicappers should have a chance to judge his greatness when he goes back to work at Belmont in the rich handicap and weight-for-age races like the Woodward and the Jockey Club Gold Cup. There is a good possibility of a dream race against Forego, the seven-year-old gelding that has been Horse of the Year for the past three years and is-unless Slew can beat him-the best horse now running. If Slew stays sound, his owners insist, they will race...
...Disc jockey; Detroit...