Word: pluckemin
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Gentleman Farmer Arthur McCashin of Pluckemin, N.J., who assisted greatly in the victory, rode twelve-year-old Paleface, on loan to him from Mr. and Mrs. H. J. O'Connell of Montreal. On a visit to the O'Connells last summer, McCashin took a fancy to the animal, rode him, was convinced of his merit. He took him to his Pluckemin home for further training, successfully put him through eliminations to pick the U.S. team, and the grueling three-day competition...
...chief surprise was that after combing the country for show-caliber riders, the U.S. had settled on a first team of one man and two women: Arthur McCashin, a gentleman farmer of Pluckemin, N.J., Norma Mathews, a California ranch girl, and Mrs. Carol Durand, a Kansas City housewife...
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