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They said he was ready for the pastures. But Owner Allaire du Pont was not listening-not when they were talking about Kelso, her four-time Horse of the Year, winner of 33 races and $1,641,127. He was seven years old now, had won only two cheap allowance races all year, had finished fifth, 14 lengths behind that new champion Gun Bow the last time he ran in a stake. Mrs. du Pont simply ignored it all and sent her "Kelly" out to run again...
...including Jockey Milo Valenzuela) on his back, Kelso lined up with Gun Bow and three other rivals for the 1⅛-mile Aqueduct Stakes, first of New York's late-season weight-for-age races. "He'll beat Gun Bow, you wait and see," insisted Mrs. du Pont. Few in the Labor Day crowd of 65,066 agreed with her. They sent Kelso off at 2-1, his longest odds in 19 months. The odds...
Unfinished Business. In the grandstand, mutuel clerks watched incredulously while bettors tore up losing tickets on Gun Bow and hugged each other with delight. Allaire du Pont dashed around the winner's circle, kissing everybody in reach. And what was Kelso doing? Trotting calmly off to the barn to catch up on his sleep. After all, there was still some unfinished business to attend to-a small matter of $38,737. With $1,711,132 already in the bank (including his day's pay of $70,005), that was all that stood between the sturdy old champion...
Chrysler and General Motors set historic highs during the week, and Ford came within an inch of its alltime peak. Many companies that sell to the automakers-in steel, copper, rubber, glass -also jumped smartly. Another fast riser was Du Pont (up 17 points, to 276), which still holds 23 million shares of G.M. stock...
...That is a higher-than-average amount for industry, but it is not so high as that paid by a handful of major companies. The oil companies, in general, are the most generous, and a 30-year man at Standard Oil of Indiana gets $343 a month. At Du Pont he gets $298, at Cities Service $297, at General Electric $266 and at A.T. & T. $224. The most generous major pensioner listed in a recent Government survey was Grumman Aircraft, whose 30-year, $400-a-month retiree can get as much as $415 a month. Among the tightest...