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Color Question. In Columbus, Ohio, a housepainter, exasperated by the endless questions of three-year-old Harold Thompson, painted him red, sent him home. Scrubbed, the boy returned, got a battleship grey treatment...
...TIME still thinks that Mrs. Graham's stable was the most newsworthy pre-Derby racing subject, agrees that Assault has since stolen the three-year-old horse show-and has twice said so, in reporting Assault's victories in the Preakness (May 20 issue) and Belmont Stakes (June...
Even George, who normally regards the sport of Kings with lackluster eyes, was beginning to show some interest as three of his nine horses copped purse after purse. Between them Hypericum, a nighty three-year-old, and the well-mannered bay four-year-olds Kingston and Rising Light had earned some ?9,437 for the King to date, making him easily Britain's top money winner...
...people, quick riches, hard living, crudity and fun. Said one amazed visitor: "Just like a movie set, only more so." The restaurants have a frontier ring to their names: Lil's Place, the Wildcat Café, Ruth's Roving Hornet. The one movie house shows three-year-old films. The traditions of the "mushers" of the dog sleds are carried on by the "cat skinners" who drive the caterpillar trains (tractors and sleds) which bring supplies across the snow from Edmonton. Passenger service to & from Yellowknife, as well as to outlying claims, is furnished by Canadian Pacific Airlines...
Juleps & Blue Grass. Ever since Aristides took the first Derby (worth $2,850) in 1875, the race has been an exasperating, unpredictable grind. It comes early in the year, before most three-year-old colts (and fillies) have really begun to find their adult racing stride. The distance is a tough mile and a quarter for youngsters used to six-and seven-furlong sprints, with perhaps a couple of mile or iVio races under their hoofs. The Derby has ruined more promising horses than it has made...