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Joseph E. Widener, Philadelphia sportsman-financier, ordered his two-acre Elmendorf Farm in Lexington, Ky., to be converted into a cemetery for the Widener thoroughbred horses. The central monument will be a large statue of Fair Play, sire of famed, fleet...
...months ago offered $100,000 for Trigo was, of course, present. King George, who has been sick, and Queen Mary were not there. But Edward of Wales sat in a box with Princess Mary and her husband Of course, it rained. But Lord Lonsdale famed side-whiskered British sportsman and chief steward of the course, said that the ram made no difference. "The course was hard as iron," said he, "and the result shows just this?some horses can run on hard ground and some...
...extremely rare in the proverbial sport of kings. Mr. Billings raced many a trotter, controlled indeed, his own racetrack (at Memphis). But none of Mr. Billings' horses ever raced for money and at his racetrack there was no betting. For (said he) it was un fair for the wealthy sportsman, to whom money was no object, to race his horses against the average breeder who had his living to make in the racing business. Thus, though he spent millions on trotting horses, from them Mr. Billings never realized, nor tried to realize, a penny of profit...
...already has two Democratic Senators firmly embedded in their red-leather chairs at Washington. He has business offers (here his feline pacing), plenty of them. William Randolph Hearst wants him to write a syndicated daily article in the manner of Will Rogers. Though a late riser and no outdoor sportsman, he is ready to endorse anything from alarm clocks to golf balls, for proper inducement per endorsement. The talkies have been seeking his glib services. Big concerns have sought him as their publicity man. He has offers that would make him a millionaire. His friends tell him (here a straightening...
...spirit of The Sportsman is not that of the common or (Boston) garden fan. The Sportsman is the American equivalent of the Earl of Lonsdale. It wears the tallest of tall gray hats. It rides to hounds, and it does more; it hounds its readers to ride. Steeplechasing, polo, the court games, and its more gentlemanly side of aviation are its favorite themes. There is no humor in these things, but plenty of fun can be poked at their devotees. The Lampoon has done a good...