Word: rider
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Thoroughbred Pensive, by English-bred Hyperion out of Penicuik II (pronounced pennyquick), is far from infallibly great, but with Jones' conditioning he is head and withers in front of his closest challenger. With Conn McCreary up, they make the best combination of honest runner and smart rider in the game. Barring accidents, Pensive will probably beat the great Whirly's money mark by the time he is turned out to stud...
...families, Lord Lonsdale was born at ugly, Gothic, ancestral Lowther Castle (described by myopic Wordsworth as "that majestic pile"), educated at Eton where he was flogged 32 times. He soon tired of this, joined a circus, toured Switzerland for a year and a half as an acrobat and trick rider, is said to have punched cows in Wyoming, explored Alaska, been either a bandit or vigilante in a Western stagecoach holdup. He claimed to have knocked out John L. Sullivan in a private bout in Manhattan. Ubiquitous grey-toppered leader of English sporting-life, the Earl deplored the passing...
Among the smooth boys we've seen in Section B are: Woody Rider, former Kirksville (Mo.) flash; "Tex" Thomas, Texas U.; D. P. Morrison, Ohio State; Paul (the Great) Smith, Oklahoma whiz; Lynn Keefe, Illinois; and Shuffett, a good man on any team...
...year when U.S. flat racing soared to a betting record of 710 million inflated dollars, hard-working Theodore Frederic Atkinson had cleaned up, too. He had ridden 200 winners in 1943, had been hailed at a "Ted Atkinson Day" at Rockingham, and was the all around standout rider of New York tracks' fall meetings...
...stage performance of Boris Godunoff, which opened the Metropolitan Opera's diamond jubilee season last week, Critic Downes was right. The horse, a splendid specimen of white charger from the Ben Hur Stables, succeeded repeatedly in bringing down the house. On several occasions as his rider, Tenor Armand Tokatyan, soared toward a top note, the animal turned a ripely expressive backside to the audience and obliged Tokatyan to sing squarely into the scenery...