Word: rodes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Jubilee procession (see p. 21), Patiala rode in a State carriage behind his King, together with His Majesty's other Honorary Indian Aides-de-Camp: H. H. the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir, H. H. the Maharaja of Bikaner and the Nawab Malik Sir Umar Hayat Khan. In this attendance on the King Emperor the kings find their highest prestige. Because the Maharaja of Bikaner is today the Prince in waiting to George V of the Indian Empire, he plans to stop in London for a year. English friends call him "The Englishman," their highest praise. Last week...
After the race Omaha's jockey, Willie (''Smoky'') Saunders. who chose his mount's name, beginning with ''O." in honor of its famed progenitor Ormond. said: "Omaha is the greatest horse I ever rode." Said Kentucky's Governor Ruby Laffoon. presenting the gold cup which, in addition to a horseshoe of roses and $39,525. was first prize: "The best horse won.'' Omaha's owner is William Woodward, honorary board chairman of Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co., chairman of The Jockey Club and probably the most influential owner...
...pattered up & down the Chamber's corridors trying to still the storm of abuse. Henry Ingraham Harriman, outgoing president, keynoted moderately: "The chief objection is not to the basic principles underlying many of these measures but to the extremes to which they are carried." Secretary of Commerce Roper rode a herd on the impatient Chambermen, trying to prevent a stampede...
Comrade Stalin, who took his first ride on the third day of the free "dress rehearsals," was most interested in the escalators installed in two of the stations. He had never seen one before, rode up & down twice. The moving staircases terrified most Communists. Militiamen were told off to hold nervous women by the hand...
...Evanston, ILL., Motorcycle Policeman Robert Borland rode "lost" Bobby Walshaw, 3, around town for an hour on the handlebars of his machine, looking for a house Bobby could recognize as home. When the policeman noticed his passenger waving slyly at a little girl on the sidewalk, he stopped. The girl was Bobby's sister, the house was Bobby's house, and the spot was where Policeman Borland had found Bobby...