Word: racing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Buenos Aires. It was not the thing to ask the representative from South Africa for a summation of the state of racial tolerance in the Transvaal, or to cross-question Egyptians on the rule of law and the state of human rights in their country "without distinction, of race, sex, language or religion." Even the Americans, constantly pressing for bold action, remained diffident. "We can't afford to give the impression that we're running this show," said...
...Beirut last week, the real issues of international understanding were plainly too hot to handle. The best that a disillusioned Frenchman in downtown Beirut could say of those who kept hands off: "Ah, ces Unescans! Ces gens sans race, sans couleur et sans sexe...
Picou, a lean, olive-skinned boy with huge hands, showed up at Bowie race track two weeks ago and booted home twelve winners the first six days. People began betting on him rather than on the horses he rode. One Baltimore paper carried a special box, listing Picou's mounts for the day. By last week he had become so well known that the New York Daily Mirror headlined: "YOU KNOW WHO" WINS...
...Television. After winning four of the first six races at Bowie one day last week, Picou was interviewed by television direct from the track. The interviewer asked him if he thought he was having a pretty good day. Said Picou evenly: "Yes, but I'm not finished yet. I'll win the eighth race too." On the strength of this televised tip (probably the first in racing history) straight from the jockey's mouth, bookies were swamped with bets on Waterclock, the horse Picou was riding. Waterclock won by six lengths...
Talk of the Track. For nine months he galloped horses as an exercise boy, practicing with short stirrups and short holds. Last New Year's Day, at New Orleans' Fair Grounds, he rode his first race. Twelve days later he rode his second race and first winner-aboard a $52.10 long shot. From then on, he was the talk of the track wherever he went (Lincoln Downs, Narragansett Park,Suffolk Downs, Jamaica...