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Harry Truman's vacation on the Presidential yacht Williamsburg had been going badly. In Narragansett Bay he had encountered wind, cold and rain. Then he had found himself struggling against the nameless indignities of seasickness. As the yacht rolled southeast on her hunt for the sun he had bribed his queasy stomach with seasick pills. But now, in the harbor of Hamilton, Bermuda, the deck was solid, the water blue, and there were white coral, pastel walls and green foliage ashore...
...week's end, when the Williamsburg moved into Narragansett Bay, he was sporting a two-day beard. He had a second sensation in reserve. When the yacht tied up at the Quonset (R.I.) Naval Air Base, he broke out a cap which made shoreside loiterers blink-a white creation with a wide bill and a billowy crown which flopped like a tam-o'-shanter. Thus arrayed he was driven to the Plum Beach home of his new naval aide, Captain James H. Foskett, where he contentedly attacked a heaping dinner of ham and chicken...
Most Powerful Instrument. Today, in black Benedictine habit, with clipped white hair and wrinkled face, Father Diman still strolls The Priory grounds, looks over Narragansett Bay to the sun setting red behind Prudence Island. The boys stand in awe of the old man; and he, who sees less of them than he used to, thinks boys have changed. "They turn the radio on as soon as they go to their rooms. There isn't half as much reading as there used to be," he says sadly...
...Graucho Sloucho" Strauss disappointed all when he failed to attend Narragansett's Saturday meet. "The Grouch" figures that he would have won around a century had someone not steered him away from the track...
First off the mark was Rhode Island, which depends on racing for 8% of its state revenue. The betters jammed Narragansett Park 25,000 strong, could hardly wait to stuff $1,153415 (almost twice what they wagered on opening day last year) through the betting machines. In Chicago, a meager 13,673 turned up at Sportsman's Park, wagered an average $50 (against $37 on the same day last year). Other tracks joining the pony parade: ¶ Race-hungry Hollywoodish Santa Anita had planned to open up the day after the ban was lifted, found trouble getting help...