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...bugle call, Epinard stepped daintily forth upon the cinder track, followed by his eight opponents in International Special No. 1, a race of six furlongs. Came Zev, conqueror of the English Papyrus in 1923, tossing his head, spirited. Came Ladkin, fleet racer of Maj. August Belmont. Came Wise Counsellor, Snob II, Baffling, Wilderness, Goshawk, Miss Star...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: At Belmont Park | 9/8/1924 | See Source »

...nine formed company front at the barrier, then off they dashed. Ahead of the race shot Miss Star, soon passed by Baffling. Speeding down the backstretch, Epinard was plainly "pocketed" just back of Baffling and Zev. Miss Star, Snob II and Wise Counsellor were hunched next...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: At Belmont Park | 9/8/1924 | See Source »

...them won away from rouge, the Ritz and high-hattiness in general by kittens, tame canaries, rural atmosphere and the sight of a pair of baby-rompers. But The Love Piker temporarily swings the weight of ennui in the latter direction. Hope Warner (Anita Stewart) was a frightful snob. She broke the speed laws, owned a Pekinese, and when rescued by the stalwart Martin Van Huisch first from the hoosegow and then from a rafter stories up in the air, where she had wandered in search oi her runaway Peke, almost decided to jilt the strong, silent Martin because...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Jul. 23, 1923 | 7/23/1923 | See Source »

...snob' issue has not yet died down." Nor will it as long as the attitude revealed in this letter prevails...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MORE FUN | 10/22/1921 | See Source »

Evidently the "snob" issue has not yet died down. MARCIAL F. LICHANO '23 JOSEPH EDWARD JAFFEE '23 ELISHA TARPLIN...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reductio ad Absurdum | 10/22/1921 | See Source »

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