Word: jonesism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Knight said they were wrong. But a relative, irked by an old family feud, had dug up Davis Knight's genealogy. His great-grandfather had been Cap'n Newt Knight, who deserted the Confederate Army and set up "The Free State of Jones" in Jones County. Cap'...
Citation, after galloping off with the $50,000 Tanforan Handicap, "cooled out" like a sound horse. But Trainer Jimmy Jones was suspicious: "He didn't seem to run as kindly as usual. Arcaro had to whip him repeatedly. When Citation is good, you don't have to touch...
Citation's left front ankle had developed a hot spot, which Jones described as "a slight seepage of joint secretion." It wasn't enough to force an ordinary horse out of competition, but Jones was taking no chances with his wonder horse. He loaded Citation on an express...
Southern Californians were unconsoled when Jones said that he might enter one of Citation's crack stablemates-Free America-in Santa Anita's $100,000 Maturity Stakes. That would be like getting Lana Turner's sister on a date you thought you had with Lana.
Along with Silent Night, Holy Night and 0 Little Town of Bethlehem, the U.S. last week was hearing a new kind of Christmas carol-the daffy, bell-ringing, horn-honking, falsetto-voiced Spike Jones kind. Out only six weeks, a new record by Spike Jones & his City Slickers (recorded in...