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...Long Island, in Maryland, and the West. 47 sleek racehorses took their morning gallops as usual last week. On a big farm near Lexington, Ky. 100 brood mares and eight famed stallions passed days of pleasure and tranquillity. At Brookdale. N. J. 30 yearlings tried their long thin legs against the time when they would be raced as two-year-olds. All were horses belonging to the stable of Harry Payne Whitney, and the men who took care of them were wondering what their fate was to be. For their master was dead (TIME, Nov. 3) and it seemed possible...
Castanets commanding and enticing, sleek black gowns, ruffled white gowns, gowns with all the colors of a peacock's tail-with these to Manhattan last week returned Dancer Argentina (real name: Antonia Merce) who again will tour as far as the Pacific Coast, give some 50 recitals. At the end of last season Argentina underwent an appendectomy, a proceeding dangerous for a dancer none too young. Special care was taken not to cut a muscle and she is just as agile as before. Her great pride this year is the little red ribbon which she wears on every coat...
...Force Crater of the New York State Supreme Court was with his wife at their summer home in Maine. It was vacation-time for him; his court would not sit again until Aug. 25. But on Aug. 5 he unexpectedly appeared at his official chambers in Manhattan. A tall, sleek, keen-minded, conscientious jurist, he was jovial off the bench, well-liked by his law students at New York University. He joshed a courthouse reporter about the judiciary scandals local newspapers were reporting, asked lightly: "Who's next?" Aug. 6 he ordered his chauffeur to be ready to drive...
...though afraid that just dancing and crooning- at which blackamoors often excel whites- are not sufficient for an evening's entertainment. For this reason, the comedy of Hot Rhythm is often unfunny, the attempt at magnificence unimpressive. Best, most natural humor in the show is offered by plumpish, sleek Mae Barnes, who delights many a spectator with her slatternly, lazy dance. Most tuneful song: "Loving...
...some 9,000 Checker cabs on New York streets, but Checker does not operate its own cabs. Second largest non-operating producer is Paramount, with over 2,000 cabs. A new company called Parfour Corp., organized by William May, William Day and Harry Junker, has bought from Paramount 85 sleek cream-colored cabs with chocolate trim, calling itself Fresh Air Taxi, in honor of Amos 'n Andy. General Motors is also on the streets as a non-operator with about 600 green General cabs sold to independents...