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...seven starters sloshed through Texas mud to the barrier for the third race at Epsom Downs one day last week, every eye of the shivering crowd was on Out Bound and the peanut-sized figure astride him. Jockey Jack Westrope, a 16-year-old apprentice, had already ridden 299 winners in 1933. A five-day suspension for rough-riding had just expired. Now he was out to win his 300th race before the year end-a record only two other jockeys in U. S. and English racing history had made, the last in 1908. In the first two races...
...Trentino (Louis Calhern) of Sylvania who makes the mistake of hiring Chico and Harpo. They enter his office armed to the teeth with alarm clocks, scissors for cutting off coat tails, cigar butts and assorted bells. Assigned to pry into the affairs of Groucho, they begin by rolling a peanut stand under his window, making such a disturbance that to keep them quiet he makes Harpo his chauffeur, appoints Chico secretary of war. In the course of conducting their "spy business," Harpo finds three opportunities to run after young women. Chico successfully restrains him. When Chico is tried by Freedonia...
...SEVEN FIRMS REPORT RISE IN PAY RATES. . . . Brokers Pay Bonus. . . . THOUSANDS GET PAY INCREASES OF 5 TO 20%. . . . Plants Recall Workers, Lift Wage Scales. . . . 20% INCREASE BY PEANUT CONCERN. . . . 9,000 In Textile Mills Advanced. . . .WAGE RISES CONTINUE OVER NATION...
...turn a front somersault and land upright on a tight wire without cutting himself in two, is as exciting as ever, though he did miss it four times and have to give up at the first matinee. In the hush that falls before his act, the crackle of a peanut shell shakes the air like a splintered plank. Asked what he thinks about during his twice-daily moment of congealed concentration, he says: "I think what a hell of a responsibility...
...appears to be included as a chaser for the stiff dose of Blondle Johnson, has a decided effect on the audience--that of making them want to go home. But just when the evening seems to be at its worst, a comic cartoon comes to the rescue, but the "Peanut Vender" spoils that, too. Every cloud has its silver lining, and fortunately for all concerned, Jack (Drums) Powell's excellent performance keeps the evening from being entirely wasted...