Word: terrier
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Spotless as alabaster statues were the greyhound Lilly of Devoir and the big French poodle Nunsoe Duc de la Terrace. The tight white coat of the wire-haired fox terrier Flornell Spicy Bit of Halleston was hound-marked with tan; the silky white of the pointer Benson of Crombie marked with liver. Snowflake, the Old English sheepdog, looked like a fresh snow drift blanketed with fine blue-grey ash. Only the Pekingese Wu Foo of Kingswere showed no white in its tawny-red fluff. The final judging lasted 20 minutes. Dr. Jarrett watched the six prize-winners as they circled...
...three game losing streak, the Harvard Freshman basketball team won its second game from Boston University 26-25, yesterday afternoon, in a fast match in Boston. Getting off to a good start, the Crimson led 19 to 12 at the half. However, a second half slump let the Terrier pups tie the score. Ernest A. Gray and Thomas W. Stephenson went out on fouls, and Maddock's free throw put Boston ahead with three minutes to play. With seconds to go, Jack L. Mason sank a long shot to clinch the decision. Stephenson was high scorer...
...Roosevelt: 1) visiting Orange, Va., lunched in a tearoom where the proprietor's dog jumped in her lap; when the embarrassed proprietor hastily called "Come here. Hoover!" Mrs. Roosevelt smiled, patted the terrier affectionately; 2) was speaker at a dinner of 500 women conferees on the Cause and Cure of War, told them: "I believe any one who thinks must think of the next war as they would of suicide, but most people don't think. . . . How deadly stupid we are. . . ."; 3) turned over her regular press conference to Mrs. Mary Harriman Rumsey who told the disappointed newshawks...
...peppy Terrier sextet, fighting every inch of the way, forced the Harvard ice outfit to the limit in the Arena on Saturday night, and it was not until the final minute of play that Benny Beale was able to outwit the B.U. goalie with the shot that gave the Crimson a 3-2 victory...
...seemed to be working on the theory that a good offense is the best defence and by keeping the puck in Harvard territory held the Crimson at bay for nearly the entire evening. Johnny Lax, ace center of the Terrier aggregation, who returned to competition after being out of the game since the first encounter with Harvard set the pace for the opposition and kept the puck in his possession for most of the time. Crimson forwards had difficulty in getting past the blue-line and when they did manage to clude the defence were beset by a horde...