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...toughest steeplechase course in the world (4½ miles), he had posted the second fastest time in its history, only one-fifth of a second slower than the record (9 min., 20| sec.) set by Golden Miller in 1934. "It was like riding in a wheel chair," said Jockey Marvin Jones, a 20-year-old Welshman who had never seen the awesome Aintree course before, had been given 48 hours leave from his duties in the Royal Air Force to ride for Lord Stalbridge, whose regular jockey fell...
Died. James Jay O'Brien, 55, broker, gentleman jockey, member of the victorious 1932 U. S. Olympic four-man bobsled team; of heart disease; in Palm Beach, Fla. His first wife: Silent Cinemactress Mae Murray. His second: Stage Actress Irene Fenwick. His widow: Laura Hylan Heminway Fleischmann O'Brien, former wife of the late Julius (yeast) Fleischmann...
...water system bogged down, the main avenue flooded. Next morning the bedraggled members stood in water half way up their shins, hastily and overwhelmingly voted confidence in Mohandas Gandhi, and hurried home. Once again, Mahatma Gandhi had proved that, wet going or dry, he is the best political jockey...
...races-at Hot Springs, Keeneland, Louisville, Cleveland and other lesser tracks before going to Miami-he had booted home 190 winners, 162 to place, 132 to show. With 63 winners since the first of the year, he was last week leading the race for No. 1 jockey...
What little Jack Flinchum saw ahead of him was even more exciting: two days before he was presented with five pounds of lead weights (tied with a festive blue ribbon) to symbolize his metamorphosis from a bug rider to a full-fledged jockey, he was signed up by rich Sportsman Herbert Woolf (at a reputed salary of $20,000 a year plus 10% of winning purses). In the Kentucky Derby, Peewee Flinchum will probably ride Woolf's Prompt Pay, by the same sire as Lawrin (1938 Derby winner). His following hoped he would have better luck in the Derby...