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...tidings which sent the dollar slumping abroad, churned the stock market to 1933 highs,* ballooned commodity prices, startled Britain's MacDonald and France's Herriot in mid-Atlantic on their way to Washington, chilled conservative financiers with fear and revived the hopes of millions & millions of debt-ridden citizens who instantly imagined plenty of cheap money in their pockets. Reluctantly Secretary of the Treasury Woodin, a financial conservative, had to admit for the first time: "Yes, we're off the gold stand ard - for the time being. But - ." He decided to keep to himself his skepticism...
...ridden over four times around the world in six-day bike races," declared Reggie McNamara, the "grand old man" of the sport who entered his ninety-fifth grind last night at the Garden, in an interview yesterday afternoon, "and it's gotten so that I feel better in a race than...
When midnight came and the Akron remained mute behind a curtain of wind, rain and thunder, Lakehurst tried not to worry. The Akron had ridden worse storms than this one appeared to be. Besides, she was at sea, where an airship belongs; not overland, to be twisted apart by line squalls as was the Shenandoah, or beaten into a hillside, as was Britain's R-101. As for her radio, that could easily go wrong with the atmosphere supercharged with electricity. Not until next day did Lakehurst, and the rest of the world, know what good cause...
...last fence and then came one of the weirdest finishes in Grand National History. Kellsboro Jack, owned by Mrs. Frederick Ambrose Clark of Westbury (L. I.) and Cooperstown, N. Y. galloped strongly on to win, three lengths ahead of Really True who, owned by Major Noel Furlong and ridden by his son, beat out Slater by a neck for second place. First across the line, a length ahead of Kellsboro Jack, was a riderless horse named Apostasy. Apostasy's and Heartbreak Hill's jockeys crossed the finish together last of all, both riding Dusty Foot whom they...
First important U. S. steeplechase of the season, the Carolina Cup which Trouble Maker won last year, was run last week at Camden. S. C. A crowd of 15,000 saw Pink Tipped, 8-year-old chestnut mare owned by Richard K. Mellon of Pittsburgh, ridden under top-weight of 162 Ib. by William Street who had never seen his mount till the morning of the race, take the last hurdle perfectly, outrun Hotspur II in the last 20 yd. to win in record time...