Word: racing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...well, like I said, if you know anybody, let me know. I'd sure like to name a race horse. My book Subways Are for Sleeping was well-named enough...
...glad you brought up the subject of naming race horses [June 14]. It is my ambition to name a race horse. If you know anyone who is having a hard time of it, put them in touch with...
...Chenery or else his taste is bad. He named the damn horse Sir Gaylord. Well, you can see the kind of luck I have. Sir Gaylord went on to win everything in sight. If Mr. Chenery had listened to me, I'd have been naming race horses right and left by now. I've never forgiven Mr. Chenery for this, so I practice on his horses all the time. He has one now called Cicada's Pride. That one is by Sir Gaylord out of Cicada. What's the matter with Noble...
...Lyndon Johnson, having withdrawn from the race to heal national divisions, barges back in for the sake of Democratic unity. He and Eugene McCarthy reason together until Lyndon's logic or Gene's exhaustion persuades McCarthy to run for Vice President. And Hubert Humphrey? Franklin Roosevelt set a precedent for dealing with discarded Veeps when he dumped Henry Wallace in 1944 and then appointed him Secretary of Commerce...
...victory, Schuster was supposed to receive an American flag and $1,000-which, had he later invested it prudently (perhaps in automobile stock), could have generated thousands more today. He got only the flag, and when Hollywood in 1965 filmed its version of The Great Race, he suffered the additional indignity of seeing Tony Curtis play the hero. Last week the New York Times announced that it would at long last present Schuster with his grand prix of $1,000. Now 95, totally blind, Schuster has no regrets. "In my lifetime," he says, "I have seen the automobile change from...