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...superlative son of Polynesian (leading money-winning sire of two-year-olds this season) is the second foal of Geisha (a fair-to-middling Vanderbilt mare by the great Discovery). "He doesn't have a nerve in his body, or a drop of temperament," according to Trainer Winfrey. This is one explanation of the Dancer's greatness. Another, Winfrey suspects, is inside the colt's deep chest: "Those lungs may be his greatest asset. At the end of a race he never shows the slightest sign of being winded or tired." Winfrey likens Native Dancer...
...Paris, SHAPE Commander Matthew B. Ridgway received from Designer Henri Roger and Engraver Paul Sire a specially struck silver medal symbolizing their protest against "Communist insults" to the general...
...year-old Mossadegh faced 32-year-old Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi, Iran's well-meaning but weak monarch. He began naming the ministers for his new cabinet (TIME, July 21). "What about the War Minister?" the Shah asked. Replied Mossadegh: "I will take charge of the War Ministry, Sire...
...Detroiter blinked at the big red lettering on the card: EN CAS D'ACCIDENT. After a blank for his name & address: Citoyen américain, je désire être transporté d'urgence à I'hôpital américain de Paris. The visitor filled in his name and hotel address, tucked the card into his wallet, and stepped briskly out into the warm, exciting Paris night to take his chances with wine, women and the world's wildest motorists. The Detroiter, and thousands like him, felt a bit more secure just...
...Count, Eddie Arcaro up, the $118,500 Belmont Stakes; in New York. Rated well by heady Eddie, longshot (13-1) One Count upset favored (1-2) Blue Man by 2½ lengths in 2:30.2, two full seconds off the stake record first set by One Count's sire, Count Fleet...