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...Whoa There...
...this little old lady gets on the No. 10 bus down Central Park West, just as she does every Sunday morning, with her white gloves and little pillbox hat, the whole thing, on her way to church. She looks up and-whoa, driver, this bus is loaded with hippies. Wrong. It's packed with them, strange cats in flowers, feathers, frock coats, velvet vests, beads, bangles, headbands, hair out to here, and everybody passing joints. Far out. This thing is a rolling time capsule, Age of Aquarius stuff, very 1960s. So the lady sits down next to this dude...
...Reno. Johnston's lobbying efforts resulted in the 1959 "Wild Horse Annie Law," a federal statute prohibiting the hunting of wild horses from aircraft and trucks, and the 1971 "Wild Free Roaming Horse and Burro Act," which gave the animals further protection. She was president of both WHOA (Wild Horse Organized Assistance Inc.) and the International Society for the Protection of Mustangs and Burros...
...Whoa there, brother," an older man answered. "You make a pretty good wage...
...horses are grandsons of Bold Ruler, a famous front runner whose offspring have carried that trait. Both have canny jockeys: Baeza, who sits in the saddle like an emperor, and Angel Cordero, New York's top rider in 1975. Of the two, Baeza is considered better at saying whoa to a speed horse. Jolley and Bold Forbes' trainer, Laz Barrera, will each have to guess the tactics of the other before the Derby begins and decide upon his own. Both jockeys will then have to make split-second decisions as to whether those best laid of plans will...