Word: godard
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Died. Emile St. Godard, 42, onetime king of the dog-team racers; of cancer; in The Pas, Manitoba. At 19 he won his first major race (200 miles over rough terrain in about 30 hours), later the same year won the Eastern International Dog Derby, so dominated the field for the next ten years that fans referred to the races as "St. Godard against the field." Occasionally he finished tough races with two or three dog-tired huskies riding in the sled...
Born in Paris, Cécile Chaminade started composing as a child, dedicated her first works (a group of nocturnes and "slumber songs") to her pet dogs and cat. She took lessons in composition from Benjamin Godard. Always a facile melodist, Chaminade soon rolled up a list of over 550 compositions, which stand in the same relation to Frederic Chopin as strawberry soda does to cognac. Many of them (The Flatterer, Pas des Amphores, La Zingara, Valse Caprice, Air de Ballet, etc.) got an international reputation...