Word: townes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When a friend suggested that the youngster look for work at the race track in Charles Town, W. Va., willing Willie went down and picked up a job cleaning stalls for a small-time owner named Norman Corbin. Before long he was working as an exercise boy, and two years later, in October 1952, Corbin gave him his first mount. On his third try, riding a horse named Nickleby, Willie won his first race. Overnight, Willie became one of the hottest riders on the half-mile "bull rings" around West Virginia and Maryland...
...wins so often that he admits to banking over $25,000 a year-enough to buy a Charles Town ranch for his father and to indulge his own taste for fast boats, fast cars (he owns a Jaguar and a Cadillac) and sharp clothes. Says he: "If horses were machines, you could learn all about them quick, but they're not. It takes a long time to get to know them. For maybe eight years more I'll still be learning...
...exceptionally profitable afternoon for Michigan State, but on the West Coast, U.C.L.A. served notice that a Rose Bowl victory might cost the Spartans a great deal more than their tickets to Pasadena. Even without the services of Pinup Boy Ronnie Knox, U.C.L.A. was far too tough for its cross-town rival, U.S.C. Behind the bruising drive of Tailback Sam Brown and Fullback Bob Davenport, the Bruins overpowered the Trojans 17-7, won their third straight Pacific Coast Conference championship and the unenviable privilege of trying to bottle up Michigan State's multiple offense come New Year...
Within Novelist O'Hara's chosen limits, there are to be found the expected narrative skill, and knowledge of a sort. The Gibbsville town assesser could not know more. O'Hara has a tape-recorder ear, a headwaiter's instinct for credit rating, and a preoccupation with different means of making love which, if supported by one of the great foundations, could put Dr. Kinsey right back among the gall wasps...
...gamblin' and killin' uncle. In a 15-hour poker session Uncle Will won the Whitehorse Saloon and helped the former owner forget his troubles by plugging him with his pearl-handled revolver. The Whitehorse was the hottest honky-tonk in Silverlode. a raffish overnight boom town. Across the way lay Adenville, the Godfearing Mormon settlement. Caught between conflicting loyalties. Mama and Papa stayed true to each other, their children, and the best in each other's faith...