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Middleman. In the end, what Griffin's first week amounted to was more of Carson and Bishop. Any differences were subtle, to say the least. While Carson has Ed McMahon as his sidekick on the Tonight Show, and Bishop has Regis Philbin, Griffin uses his longtime TV majordomo, Arthur Treacher, as a kind of Jeeves. Carson prefers to stand out as the star of his own show, throwing out quips and gags, staging frequent offerings from the Mighty Carson Art Players, and frequently upstaging his guests. Bishop, on the other hand, uses his Los Angeles base to good advantage...
Prince out of-the race and give him a rest. He was overruled by the horse's owner, Canadian Oil Millionaire Frank McMahon. Trainer Elliott Burch had no such fears. As if to prove Arts and Letters' stamina, he entered him in the $116,500 Metropolitan at Aqueduct a week before the Belmont. The horse won convincingly and thus, said Burch, went into the Belmont with a distinct "psychological advantage...
...atmosphere," says Doretha Freas-ier, a sophomore at the University of Chicago who lives in coed Woodward Court. "The mere fact that you can talk to a guy any time you want to means you're going to be better adjusted socially." Adds Stanford Senior Pat McMahon: "I think it encourages a more holistic relationship. It is very important that men and women see each other as more than bodies...
...raves: "He has looks. He has speed. He has courage. And, most important, he has done everything right from the very start." Majestic Prince has certainly done right by Combs, who sold him as a yearling in 1967 for the then record price of $250,000-to Frank McMahon, a Vancouver, B.C., industrialist...
Majestic Prince was recommended to McMahon by no less a judge of horseflesh than Johnny Longden, 62, the winningest jockey in history (6,026 victories in 32,406 starts) and now the horse's trainer. Says Johnny: "Hartack is so high on this colt he comes out to work him in the mornings, and you know how many name jocks do that." Even his blacksmith finds the Prince charming. "His hoofs," says Bill Bane, "are as perfect a set as I've been privileged to work with for many a year...