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...this a positive, independent program is essential. As the Boston Herald comments: "A party policy of which the best that can be said is that it is not unconstitutional will cause no enthusiasm among Republicans . . ." or anybody else whom Mr. Landon wishes to draw into the elephant's paddock in the next few years. A renaissance of the Republican party can occur only when and if Jumbo can get down to business and stop the tempting but childish political pastime of twisting the donkey's tail...
...British Warhorse and has enough money on hand, they buy it for about $100, take it to the League's stables in. Brussels, put the horse to grass for perhaps the first time in 18 years, later send it to Britain to be "pensioned off" in some country paddock...
...which the State took $1,000,000. Last week, bets on the Handicap alone were $396,553, a record. Santa Anita's backers have put much of their profits into improvements. This year they are spending $25,000 on Peruvian olive trees in the paddock, Bird of Paradise plants on the terraces. Santa Anita's $50,000 to the 1936 Los Angeles Community Chest was that charity's biggest single contribution. The law allows a track to keep 8% of all mutuel bets and "breakage"-odd nickels and pennies when bets are paid off to a dime...
...only Varsity winner, Lawrence Ross, edged his opponent Paddock in close games 3-0. Of the others, Hendrik DeKruif of Harvard lost to Gonzalen 1-3; Robert Shaw to Frothingham 0-3; James English to Hurlburt; and Robert Sides to Erbmann...
...elephants began to squeal and stamp. Throughout the zoo rose a jungle din of roars, howls, screams, snarls. Rudolph Bjork and another keeper seized an iron rod and an elephant hook, began beating and prodding at the maddened beast through the paddock bars. His little eyes bloodred, Wally flourished his trunk at them, went on stamp'ng and gouging his victim. Guards scurried up, stood with rifles cocked to shoot the female elephants if they should stampede. It was too late to do anything for Ed Brown. His body was in four pieces when the keepers finally drove Wally...