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Jimmy Durante, quelle schnozzola, and Ethel Merman, quelle throat, carry the comedy end of the play along ably between the many sure laugh lines that stud the production. At times the two principals have such fun themselves that they have to take time out to laugh at their jokes. Mildred Natwick is secondary on the comedy end of the musical only because she has a minor part, but she makes one wish that she were more prominent. One of the best lines in the show is spoken by Durante as he discovers two fond lovers in embrace...
Lawrence Sheppard is a rich shoemaker (Hanover Shoes) who owns one of the finest standard-bred stud farms (Hanover Shoe Farms) in the U. S. Twice winner of the Hambletonian (Hanover's Bertha in 1930 and Shirley Hanover in 1937), Shoemaker Sheppard, like most rich sportsmen, wanted to win again this year and become the first owner to take the event twice in a row. Because he had no likely prospect, as he went the rounds of the Grand Circuit this summer Horse Owner Sheppard kept one eye on his own stable, the other on his fellow horsemen...
...their shovels, working unasked during their lunch hour and overtime at night. Last week, after the flurry of activity was over, the story of it was finally told. In the rubble where they were digging, one of the men turned up a $20 gold piece. Another found a diamond stud. Coins, baubles, silverware were discovered-to an estimated value of $20,000 before the vein was worked out. The men were digging on a site that had been filled in with debris from the San Francisco fire-earthquake...
...extremely rare for a stallion to win, rarer for one which has stood at stud, as had Battleship...
...golden chestnut colt familiarly known as "Big Red," won all but one of the 21 races he started, established five U. S. track records and was said to be the greatest horse in the history of U. S. racing when he was retired to the stud of his owner, Samuel 13. Riddle, in 1921. In the 14 years since his first foals became of racing age (1924), Big Red's progeny have won more money than the sons & daughters of any other sire† now living ($2,426,446) and he has become the most famed stallion standing...