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Many a young thoroughbred speeds to a performance that starts his owner dreaming of the Kentucky Derby. All too often, that kind of early foot fades long before the call to the post at Churchill Downs. Not so with Riva Ridge. The handsome bay colt was the logical favorite in everyone's winter book, and he has remained the choice of the chalk players ever since. He will make the run for the roses this week as one of the hottest favorites in the Derby's 98-year history...
Bred by Meadow Stable of Virginia, Riva Ridge has been beaten only three times in his spectacular career; on each occasion there were extenuating circumstances. His first time out he raced without blinkers; the second time he lost, he cast a shoe; the last time, when he ran fourth in the Everglades Stakes a few weeks ago, he was bumped into the rail and got a disappointing ride from Jockey Ron Turcotte...
...groups. Two things made up his mind to try it professionally: the urging of his drama coach, Actress Eva Le Gallienne, and an incident that occurred when he was 27. "I stopped by a theater in New Haven," he recalls, "and I followed Roddy McDowall, Estelle Winwood and Maria Riva to lunch just to hear what they'd talk about. The conversation was absolutely banal, and here I thought they were all geniuses...
Beyond the Gates. There are pitfalls, of course. Most of them are detailed in 4 days, 40 hours (175 pages, $5, Bursk and Poor Publishing), a paperback survey edited by Mrs. Riva Poor, a Cambridge management consultant. A few companies gave up the four-day week because their customers refused to adapt to the new schedule. Some workers complained of fatigue because of the longer days. Other firms rushed into a four-day week without sufficiently preparing their work force, then found that they had to raise wages to make the change in hours acceptable. Among companies that switched successfully...
...rows of horizontal stitching; it is considered the best trend indicator. "It's the princess line all over again," says a buyer. Like Ohrbach's, Alexander's was active in the Italian mar ket too. It will display a stunning brown wool trench coat by Heinz Riva with an oversize paper-clip belt ("Everything is belted this year-the belts go any place from right under the bosom to down over the hips...