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...19th Century-from the early 1800's, when Dr. Redmond Dillon Barry of nearby Gallatin first imported an evergreen grass known as blue from his native Ireland, to 1882, when the great Iroquois (only U.S.-bred horse ever to win the English Derby) was retired to stud at nearby Belle Meade-Nashville was famed as "the cradle of the thoroughbred...
...year-old champion, odds-on favorite to win. His owner had sold Big Pebble to the Moores two years ago. Though it was the first time Champion Bimelech had ever finished out of the money, it was probably his last race. Word was that he would be sent to stud to replace his famed sire, Black Toney...
...such a move were taken and if Washington bet its stud hand against that of Tokyo, the wily Nipponese might examine his navy, take a quick look at ours, and murmuring a polite remark about honorable eternal peace, drop out till the next deal. On the other hand he might very likely sense that our face-down cards include a population sixty percent against war and a Congress which wrangles over every action. He might step into Singapore, which in this case is the pot, and demand a showdown. The next move would...
Already Remount is going at a clip 14 times faster than a year ago. In its three depots (Front Royal, Va.; Fort Reno, Okla.; Fort Robinson, Neb.), 56 reserve officers are in training. It has 700 thoroughbred and purebred stallions (average cost $7.50 at stud), and it is looking a long way ahead. But not ahead of more experienced armies. Germany used 200,000 horses in the Polish campaign, more in France, now has approximately 800,000 in military service. Japan used horses heavily in China, plans to have 4,500 stallions at stud by 1945. Franco had to raise...
...lowering day last week, 20,000 racing fans surged through the gates of California's Santa Anita Park. Rain or shine, they had come to pay homage to a beloved little horse, eight-year-old Seabiscuit, returning to the scene of his greatest triumph after nine months at stud...