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Last week Jockey Atkinson's custom-made, unrationed boots were in the stirrups of seven winners at Tropical Park. Florida's racing was only three weeks old, Phalean would not be open until late this week, but already he was the season's No. 1 jockey...
Exit Bug. Most jockeys grow up on horseback; Ted traveled on foot until eight years ago. He was through high school-so rare an accomplishment among jockeys that pressagents call him "College-bred"-and loading trucks in a chemical plant when the boss noticed Ted's wiry, small frame, and wangled him a job as exercise boy at the Greentree Stable. Within three years he had won more than 40 races and got rid of his "bug" (the * after an apprentice jockey's name...
...Most jockeys are slaves to scales. As riders soar towards the 110 Ib. danger line, out come sweatboxes and rubber suits for roadwork under a broiling sun. Some live on black coffee, cigarets and an occasional graham cracker. At 27, tall by jockey heights (5 ft. 2¼ in.), Ted Atkinson needs none of these. His average weight (stripped...
Well, at least they removed the jockey...
...Republican Joe R. ("Holy Joe") Hanley, 67, ex-jockey, ex-Chautauqua lecturer, ex-Methodist-Episcopal preacher, has served for 17 years as a legislator from Perry, N.Y. (pop. 4,468). Candidate Hanley sidled into his campaign with a mighty shove from Dewey's potent state machine. Said he: "Tom Dewey has said he is not a candidate [for President] . . . I have no reason to doubt his word. . . . If such a thing does happen, however, it is very vital that you have a Republican to go in there...