Word: lexington
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...children he would have something to worry about. But not Man o' War. Munching hay at his homestead at Faraway Farms, near Lexington, Ky., Man o' War, not quite 21,* had last week nothing to worry about-not even the preparations for his big birthday party March 29th-and he had something new (if he had known it) to be proud...
...Oldest living thoroughbred is thought to be 35-year-old Merrick, a neighbor of Man o' War at Lexington, Ky. †The progeny of the late St. Simon holds the world's record...
When the Belmont Plaza was called the Montclair it made itself a certain reputation but no money. It lost many patrons to N. H. M.'s flashy Hotel Lexington, less than two blocks away. Hitz had taken over the Lexington in 1932, put in his old friend Charles E. Rochester as manager and by 1936 had upped annual gross operating revenues from $74,000 to $400,000. Last June when the Montclair was offered for sale, Hitz and a group of friends proceeded to buy it for $3,000,000. Thereupon, Hotel Lexington, Inc. canceled its contract with...
...humble Hotel Lexington, Inc., Hitz is promoting the new Belmont Plaza to a fare-thee-well. First move was to install a slick new cabaret called the Glass Hat which cost over $200,000 and opened last October with Postmaster General James Farley among those present. Ralph Hitz, meanwhile, is in the process of spending $100,000 dolling up the lobby and coffee shop and will soon start redecorating the bedrooms. Last week he put up a new marquee which burns 12,000 watts per hour and virtually eclipses that of the Lexington...
...best harness horses in the world are bred in the U. S. Greatest standard-bred nursery in the world is Walnut Hall Farm, near Lexington, Ky., owned by Dr. & Mrs. Ogden M. Edwards Jr. (nee Lela Harkness, Standard Oil heiress). For the past 23 years, Walnut Hall has averaged 100 foals a year, has bred more trotting champions than any other U. S. stud. This year Walnut Hall sold 95 yearlings at the Old I Glory Sale, more than any other nursery, grossing $113,985, an average of approximately $1,200 per horse. Walnut Hall also received the highest...