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...memories of great races, like the 1941 Preakness: "Whirlaway came loping along counting the house with Arcaro sitting still as a bluepoint on the half-shell." To Smith, horses are people with four legs and wonderful names. What a pleasure to learn that a colt by the French stallion Compte de Grasse is named Mow de Lawn...
...ever opened better, and that was because it was shown in 458 more theaters. Playing in 939 houses across the U.S., III has set a new Hollywood record by averaging $17,056 a theater in that period. Movie moguls still scratch their beards, wondering how the Italian Stallion managed to connect with such a haymaker. To Rocky's creator, that secret punch is easy to explain: he put satin trunks on his autobiography...
Stallone's performance in Rocky resembled John Travolta's in Saturday Night-Fever. The Italian Stallion and the Italian With-The-Blow-Dried-Hair faithfully pursued their respective goals. Not only did both learn to love one woman, but they also came to appreciate the oft repeated assertion: it's not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game. Travolta passed on his dance contest prize to the obviously more deserving couple, and Balboa found fulfillment even without victory...
...pack wheels and madly bolts for the 6-ft.-wide opening. But Robison and his mount block the way. He grabs the hulking steel frame and yanks it shut behind the wild bunch. Confined for the first time, the mustangs bellow with anger. In his fury, an aging stallion throws himself against the steel grating, opening a gash across his forehead...
...second foray, the men light upon five more mustangs picking at strands of Indian rice grass in a boulder-strewn ravine. They manage to move the pack to a clearing but the lead stallion refuses to cooperate. He attempts to bring the others back downhill. Crawford gets the horses moving and then sweeps in suddenly at tree level, splitting off the leader and chasing him down a gully. Quickly he gets the other four moving toward the trap. Better to lose one than the pack...