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...three horses rising to the last jump. The horse in the middle, which had no rider, interfered with the one on the inside and made him stumble. The jockey fell off, got on again, and rode after the other horse which, staggering and covered with mud and sweat, Tipperary Tim, 100 to 1 shot, crossed under the wire a winner. Billy Barton, the horse that had stumbled, with Tom Cullinan up, was second at 33 to 1. There was no third. "Where did that fine horse stumble?" said the King of Afghanistan to the Countess Dejumilhac...
...Tipperary Tim was being led to the paddock, English folk crowded to pat him. They liked the feel of the hot lather on his flanks. They were glad that he had licked the U. S. invader, Billy Barton. Tipperary Tim was a dull horse, a plodder; but he had a nice name that would go down with powerful Poethlyn who won the Grand National in 1918 and 1919 and with nimble Jack Horner, U. S. horse who won in 1926. Hardly anybody noticed two other horses being led to the paddock. They were not feeling well. One of them...
Came speechtime. At last "Tim" Healy could take his final fling. Roundly he flayed those Irishmen who disparage the King-emperor, wittily he concluded...
Since times have changed, the King-Emperor accepted both these pieces of advice, last week. Mr. McNeill will take office as Governor General late in January. His appointment does not mean that Irishmen are dissatisfied with crusty but beloved Governor General Timothy Healy. It merely happens that "Tim" has vice-regally represented the Crown for the customary period of five years and that the appointment of his successor is a matter of empire "routine...
...Baritone Ringling is in his spare tim president of a Sarasota (Fla.) bank...