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DIED. BILL ("SHOE") SHOEMAKER, 72, legendary thoroughbred jockey who rode winners in 11 Triple Crown races; in San Marino, California. Just 1.49 meters tall and weighing 44 kilograms, Shoemaker was a horse-track heavyweight, with 8,833 victories in 40,350 races, the second-most wins in history. Late Los Angeles Times sports columnist Jim Murray said Shoemaker rode "with the effortless ease and grace of a guy born to do what he was doing." At age 54, when many thought his skills were in decline, Shoemaker steered 17-to-1 long shot Ferdinand to victory in the Kentucky Derby...
...believes she interceded to save him from an assassin's bullet fired on the anniversary of the appearance of Mary in apparition at Fatima. Once recovered from his wound, he made a pilgrimage to Fatima to give thanks, and the assassin's bullet is now welded into the crown of the statue of the Virgin at Fatima. His devotion to the Cult of the Virgin may not necessarily move the elites of the post-modern West, but they strike a deep chord in the Church's primary growth zones in the developing world...
...Sophomores Sloan Devlin and Mallory Griemann led the Crimson with their third-place finish, as seniors Jenny Philbrick and Emily Nielson landed in sixth place. Harvard’s combined high finishes, thanks to the team’s depth, enabled the Crimson to seize the Ivy crown...
...missed the television boom, fearing that living-room exposure would keep the faithful from the track. With more recent competition from casinos, riverboats and state lotteries, annual on-track wagering, or handle, has slipped 28% since 1996, to $2.1 billion. The sport still has its grand days--the Triple Crown, the Breeders' Cup, summer in Saratoga, N.Y. But day-to-day, racing is like the 69-year-old Kimos, just hanging around killing time...
...vintage films on the subject of American style will be shown. The Story of a Beauty Contestant (1963) follows a woman’s quest to win the Miss California crown. Number 12 Looks a Lot Like You (1964) is a science fiction film about a futuristic society where anyone can surgically alter their face and body to look however they please. 8 p.m. $6 donation. Zeitgeist Gallery, 1535 Cambridge St., Inman Square...