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Died. Anna, 39, talented Metropolitan Opera House mare; of old age; in Rockleigh, N. J. Onetime mount of Rudolph Valentino in The Sheik, for 25 years she shared honors with Caruso and Martinelli in Aida...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Apr. 1, 1940 | 4/1/1940 | See Source »

...Manhattan, Douglas G. Hertz, Rockleigh, N. J. sportsman, submitted a bid of $850,000 to the City of New York for the sale of its Tombs Prison. If his bid is accepted, he plans to use it during the World's Fair as a museum of famed crimes and criminals; afterwards, to turn it into an indoor polo field...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 14, 1938 | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

Last year Douglas G. Hertz of Rockleigh, N. J., a millionaire horseman, founded the Pegasus Club of New Jersey for horse enthusiasts. To Anna's party last week he invited 15 proletarian nags and one mule. In favor hats (with holes for their ears), looking as giddy as tipsy old maids on New Year's Eve, the horses munched carrots and greens, then champed into a heavily iced birthday cake. Afterward Anna was awarded a special hat-lavender with an ostrich feather-as the most glamorous horse present. But in the contest for work horse with longest service...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Anna's Anniversary | 9/5/1938 | See Source »

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