Word: pacer
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Juan Islands, he soon learned, make no place for a 9-to-5 practice. To make emergency calls anywhere in the 200-sq.-mi. archipelago, Heath took flying lessons, bought a Piper Tri-Pacer. He keeps cars at Friday Harbor and Eastsound, and a third at Bellingham, where he takes his more serious cases for hospital treatment. He also added a 20-ft. cabin cruiser to his transport fleet, painted it shocking pink for easy visibility. He makes it a point to leave word of his whereabouts-even on his rare fishing trips-so that local pilots can find...
...about July 1, go on sale in September. Car will blanket entire medium-price field with 18 models, including two-and four-door sedans, hardtops, station wagons, convertibles. Like competitor Buick, Edsel will sell in four different price classes. Names of Edsel models, from lowest-priced to highest: Ranger, Pacer, Corsair, Citation...
...last lap, varsity pacer Pete Reider came into the picture by passing Fawcett and taking over second place from Wilson. Then, with a second wind, Fawcett moved up past Wilson, who finished in a fast fourth place...
...Honorable Man. Somehow, Archie finds time for work, too. He is up at 5 every morning for a four-mile jog with his 14-year-old pacer, Bobby Cormier. Younger Kenwood boys follow the runners as far as they can, but usually drop out before long. Later come the calisthenics, the bag work and at least three rounds of sparring. Everything is nicely calculated to send Archie into the ring a rock-hard 185 lbs. on Sept. 20 against the fearsome, favored (1-3½) Rocky Marciano...
...Like most plantation owners, George Washing ton built a big stable (130 horses) and a reputation as a breeder, once raced his Arabian thoroughbred Magnolia against a roan colt owned by Thomas Jefferson at Alexandria's Jockey Club. (Magnolia lost.) From New England came the fast little Narragansett pacer (one was ridden by Paul Revere) and the Morgan horse whose progeny, crossbred with other strains, produced every type from draft horses to racing trotters...