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...Last week a fifth piece went on exhibition at the American Museum. Found 22 years ago by a U. S. engineer, now dead, during excavation work on a Mexican dam. it was bought and presented to the Museum by Mrs. Payne Whitney, Mrs. Charles Shipman Payson and John Hay ("Jock") Whitney. Similar in workmanship to the axehead, it is called a Tenth Century tiger, representing the god Tezcatlipoca of the little-known Olmec people who once lived in the states of Vera Cruz, Oaxaca and Tabasco and are sometimes cited as the first users of rubber. The tiger looks more...
...last week's Kentucky Derby was described by Lester Doctor, betting expert for the Whitneys. The morning of the race he had made a long distance call, been cut off by an operator who said something about "overtime." Lester Doctor said he was playing Mrs. John Hay ("Jock") Whitney's entry, Overtime...
Earl Sande, most famed jockey in the U. S., his cheerful little face pinched by the strain of making weight, had won three Derbies and wanted another to break the record. He was wearing Mrs. "Jock" Whitney's fuchsia silks, as was Lavelle ("Buddy") Ensor, whom she had chosen to ride Stepenfetchit. Ten years ago, when he was regarded as the best rider in the country, Ensor's conviviality grew so pronounced that no trainer dared trust him with a mount. This year, reformed at 34, his comeback has been even more dramatic than Sande...
Withdrawn also last week was Shandon Farm's Burning Blaze, another winter-book Derby favorite who was lamed in a race at Louisville. "Sonny" Whitney had two other entrants left. His aunt had six eligibles. Her daughter-in-law Mrs. John Hay ("Jock") Whitney hired Lavelle ("Buddy") Ensor to ride her entry Stepenfechit. Col. E. R. Bradley, who owns "Bradley's" (gambling casino) at Palm Beach and a racing stable at Lexington and who had predicted the downfall of Top Flight, still thought Mrs. Louise G. Kaufman's Tick On would be the horse to beat...
...Jersey law permits parents to send their children to any schools they wish, provided the teaching is as good as that in the public schools. Last week the Vineland School Board invited Mrs. Smart to appear before it for examination as to her fitness to teach. Truant Officer Jock Steineder drove out to the Harmony Truth Centre to bring Mrs. Smart to the meeting. But he drove back without her. It was "inconvenient" for her to come, said Citizen Smart gaily. The Board then served five-day notice on the Smarts, by which they must show their competence...