Word: marse
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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¶ William du Font's Fairy Hill, a 14-to-1 outsider; the rich Santa Anita Derby for three-year-olds; at Arcadia, Calif.'s Santa Anita Park. Winner's take was $45,425. Mrs. Ethel Mars's Military took second & $10,000; Cornelius Vanderbilt ("Sonny...
Highest-paid business woman was Ethel V. Mars, president of Mars, Inc. (Milky Way chocolate bars). More famed for her racing stable than her corporate connection, which she inherited (TIME, Jan. 4), Mrs. Mars was paid $120,000. Not far below Mrs. Mars came Mrs. Lillian S. Dodge, cosmetician president...
Lopsided Planet. Eros is one of hundreds of asteroids (small planets) spinning around the sun as devotedly as if they were big planets. Mostly their orbits lie between Mars and Jupiter. The egg-shaped orbit of Eros, however, swings it far inside the Martian track and it is possible for...
Properly speaking, the 1936 racing season ends Jan. 1, when all U. S. racehorses, by Jockey Club rule, become a year older. Unofficially, the start of the Santa Anita meeting marked the start of the 1937 season. With no super-horse to attract special attention, the 1936 season went on...
In 1936, Mrs. Mars's Milky Way stable won a total of $206,450. Alfred Vanderbilt was second with $159,545. When the year started, young Mr. Vanderbilt was considered likely to repeat his record of 1935 as leading money winner. In an article published by Peter Vischer'...