Word: jockey
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Reckless (née Flame) was the beloved possession of a young Korean jockey until the boy's sister lost her leg in a land-mine accident; then he decided to sell the horse to the Marines for $250 in order to buy his sister an artificial leg. On the front lines, Reckless became both a mascot and an efficient carrier of ammunition for a recoilless ("Reckless") rifle platoon, 5th Marines. She learned to relish C-rations and Wheaties, and to drink beer out of a helmet or a glass. She also learned to string communications wire efficiently...
...Still booting winners home when they pay the most, Jockey Eddie Arcaro scored a rich double at New York's Belmont Park. In the $60,580 Matron Stakes he won by a length with Claiborne Farm's favored Doubledogdare. In the $58,100 Woodward Stakes, he rode under the wire Clifford Mooers' Traffic Judge, winner by a head...
First played several years ago on Cleveland's radio station WJW by disc-jockey Alan Freed, Rock n Roll soon attracted over 20,000 people to a dance at the Cleveland Arena. When Freed moved to New York's WINS in 1954, the popularity of Rock n Roll had grown. In New York the energetic Mr. Freed disc jockeyed for WINS, answered his mail (15,000 letters a week), ran Rock n Roll Jubilee Balls in local ball parks, and encouraged 2,000 Alan Freed - Rock n Roll fan clubs...
...future, however, Rock n Roll devotees have no qualms. The tourists who spread Rock n Roll through France this summer, have, on returning, given local Rock n roll a French touch with new songs like Ay La Bah. With the influx of such new ideas, says Boston disc jockey Stan Richards, "Rock n Roll is to be reckoned with." And Mr. Freed rejoins " ' The Big Beat in American Music' was here one hundred years ago. It will be here a thousand years after we are all gone...
...Belmont Park. Second by a mud-splattered head: Main Chance Farm's Jet Action. Third: Belair Stud's three-year-old champion, Nashua, running for the first time against older horses. At Atlantic City, Irish-bred Blue Choir, a four-year-old colt, ridden by leading U.S. Jockey Willie Hartack. won the third running of the $104,600 United Nations Handicap. Second: Fox-Catcher Farms' Chevation, by 3½ lengths...