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...Monmouth...
...marriage goes, his career more or less disintegrates, but the "action" remains. Gambling - worked at, lovingly labored over, the Morning Telegraph studied with a Talmudic precision - becomes the last pure arena of sheer individualistic intellect: the mind in combat with the odds. Guetti's scenes at Aqueduct and Monmouth Park, at craps tables and poker parties, have a tense authenticity. Thousands of dollars roll in and out with a blind, tidal rhythm. Meantime, Hatcher's wife, already effectively widowed, drifts off to find a life outside of her husband's elaborate and demanding fantasies...
...Army colonel when she was born at Fort Riley, Kans., in 1918. Her parents at one point had three birth certificates prepared with different names: Alsace Lorraine, Roberta and Adele Fournier. She does not know how she wound up with the name Dita. The family moved to Fort Monmouth, N.J., where, she claims, her father was so important in helping build up the Signal Corps that his photo was prominently displayed. "He built the goddam place," she says. "But when it got big, some son of a bitch took Dad's picture down...
...Monmouth...
...Uncle Jack is John A. Hersberger, the owner of stake horse Juvenile John, who pulled off a big betting coup in New Jersey two years ago in a Monmouth Park allowance race when Juvenile John defeated Iron Ruler by half a length. Darby recalls the incident with a smile. "You could sure paper me green that day. It was champagne for everyone...