Word: rider
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Died. Silvio Coucci, 27, jockey hailed as "The second Earl Sande" in 1932; of a leap or fall from a hotel window; in Fayetteville, N.C. A rider for Mrs. Payne Whitney's stables, he rode 216 winners in 1934, was the second-ranking U.S. jockey...
Portland's rodeo fans have witnessed many an unscheduled thriller in their arena but none to equal last week's performance of San Francisco's dude riders. In "threading the needle" (forming and maintaining a figure eight at full gallop), daring climax of their 20-horse drill, one rider misjudged his horse's pace. Men, horses and white sombreros went sprawling. One rider dropped his false teeth. When the horsemen picked themselves up, one hobbled off on a sprained ankle, another required three stitches in his gashed leg, a third had to have his cracked wrist...
...Hollywood. Said bride's mother: "It's good to know that Lenore will settle down." Then the law tagged Jakie on two rubber-check charges. He skipped his date with the judge and forfeited $500 bail. Sally Rand said she was going to marry Thurkel Greenough, rodeo rider. His wife said that Sally would have to wait...
...Father of the Rough Rider...
...tall, huge-nosed Huguenot, Peter Portal has always been a driving man. His first hobby was speed on two wheels, and his first job in World War I was as a motorcycle dispatch rider. He still bears a scar over his left eye because one night he ran his motorcycle right into the back of a truck. Later he took up flying, which was faster. His promotions in the R.A.F. were rapid...