Word: turf
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...forgotten, but fresh, well cared for ones can never be. Thirty thousand headstones, tended by native Frenchmen, should do more toward promoting peace than a dozen disarmament conferences. Major Foster says, "...Nothing could be more impressive than the peaceful effect of the modest white stones showing against the green turf under the shade of protecting trees." It is the French, not the Americans, who will be the more impressed. They will have the reminders always before their eyes...
Finance. Zev added $80,000 to his racing receipts by the victory. His life total reads $254,936. The sum stands at the top of track winnings for American horses, breaking Man o'War's record by $5,471. Three horses in turf history have done better: Ksar (France), $320,000; Isinglass (England), $291,275; Donovan (England...
...general, however, the rule holds good. Given two competitors of equal ability, the one performing in the midst of familiar surroundings has a fairly definite advantage. Papyrus, for instance, used to turf under foot, will be running on a dirt track--this afternoon. Taking these things into consideration, always assuming that Zev or My Own can hold his speed for the full distance, the weak-spirited may pluck up their courage. Doctor Holmes, after all, may net have been infallible...
...minutes were required by national singles champion William T. Tilden, II, to defend his title from world's singles champion William M. Johnston in a disappointing straight-set final at the Germantown Cricket Club, Philadelphia. Tilden was at top form; Johnston, beaten before he stepped onto the turf. It was Tilden's fourth successive title. Score...
...commercialism of their advertising thrusts the bitter story on every billboard in the country. At the New York opening was included the " dance of the Addicts "; a group of figures writhed and postured under lights of ghastly green, adding a final touch that seemed almost to turn again the turf above a grave...