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...sight at Tanforan (in his stall) but not out of mind was Shannon II-a horse close to the heart of every California race fan. Next to Citation, he is probably the fastest horse in the world today. Shannon is a seven-year-old bay stallion, Australian by birth and friendly as an overgrown puppy. Unlike Citation, everything about him is controversial-even his pedigree...
Once Upon a Time. Most Shannon stories have at least two versions. One that makes the best telling opens on a stormy night in 1826 when a sailing vessel struck a reef and sank off Sydney harbor. On board were some English racing mares bound for Australia, and at least one managed to swim ashore. Her pedigree papers went down with the ship. So the name...
Spaewife was pinned to the mare, and eventually she was bred to an Australian stallion. Six years ago, a weedy yearling-reportedly one of her descendants-was led into an auction ring and knocked down for ?400. That was how Peter Riddle, a veteran Australian horseman, came by Shannon...
Results in key battles: CONNECTICUT. In normally Republican Connecticut, long-jawed Chester Bowles, former OPAdministrator, who had campaigned hard at picnics and ball games for "voluntary" price control and more state aid for housiag, upset all predictions by edging out Republican incumbent James C. Shannon, a Bridgeport lawyer. Said surprised New Dealer Bowles: "The Roosevelt spirit has proved itself to be very much alive today...
Connecticut. In a Republican year in a normally Republican state, a Republican governor should have little trouble getting reelected. The news from Connecticut was that Governor James C. Shannon, who succeeded to the office last March on the death of Governor James L. McConaughy, was getting a run for his money. The man who was doing it was ex-OPAdministrator Chester Bowles, who was crisscrossing the state, dropping in at the county fairs (sometimes joining in the softball games), and appearing three times a week on a radio program on which he invited voters to send him all their personal...