Word: valleys
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...cheer. (Raise hat, give three lusty cheers. Then hold hat in the right hand over the left breast as Their Majesties pass by.) Cameraddicts were warned that they might: 1) take no flashlight pictures; 2) make no attempts to influence Their Majesties to watch the birdie. St. Maurice Valley Sportsman Jean Crete and a corps of assistants angled for 450 speckled trout for the Quebec specialty Truite Mouchetee de la Maurice to be served at the Government dinner at the Chateau Frontenac. In Montreal, original seating arrangements for a civic banquet had to be altered and round tables replaced when...
...band played Maryland, My Maryland, Challedon and his owner, William L. Brann, standing in the winner's circle, received one of the loudest ovations in the history of 68-year-old Pimlico. For Challedon, foaled at Owner Brann's Glade Valley Farm 70 miles away, was the first Maryland-bred, Maryland-owned winner of Maryland's beloved Preakness since 1877. Rewarding his owner with $53,710, richest prize of the year for three-year-olds, Challedon became the leading money-winner among his contemporaries (foals of 1936). Johnstown has won $103,295. Challedon's total...
...fond brook at the valley-head...
That greens the valley and that parts the lips...
From Mr. Martin's front lawn, which forms a natural grandstand for the race in the valley below, the crowd watched the seven starters charge over the first jump, held its breath as they reached the third, known as the Union Memorial Fence.* After that dreaded obstacle was surmounted without mishap, a roar thundered through the lush valley. Blockade was in the lead, Coq Bruyere far behind. Fencing perfectly and lightning fast on the flat, Blockade clung to his lead. Not until the 18th jump did Coq Bruyere challenge. They took the last fence neck & neck. Then...