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Pick When Ripe. For 5 ft. 3 Stan Lipiec (he buys his clothes in the boys' department) life began at 14, when he skipped school and took to the turf. As a fourth-rate jockey in Cuba (he still gallops his nags mornings), he learned what makes a horse tick. Over & above his practical schooling, he developed a strategic sixth sense for razor-sharp hay-burners. His secret lies in knowing when to nab horses that other trainers have brought to peak performance...
Lipiec's claiming raids became so fiercely frequent that he replaced Hirsch Jacobs, leading U.S. trainer for eleven of the twelve previous years, as the turf's prime pirate. But since taking up headquarters in Gulfstream's barn F, horse racing's pint-sized pirate has slipped a bit. His claiming score: three acquired, nine lost to other claimers. Size of present stable: 17 head...
Eleven huskies in jerseys of royal blue, members of Moscow's Dynamo Club and soccer champions of All-the-Russias, filed out on the green turf of London's Stamford Bridge Stadium. Each player carried a bunch of red and white carnations, which he presented to his opposite number on Britain's Chelsea Club. The British, in turn, gave the men from Moscow cigar lighters...
...came the first day when 16-year-old Herb Flam (TIME, Aug. 13) began skidding on the smooth turf, shook off his shoes and blasted Argentina's No. 2 player, Heraldo Weiss off the court. There's a coming Davis Cupper, said wise old tongues. Next day, Lieut. Gardnar Mulloy was an upset victim, succumbing to Major Frank Guernsey, a pint-size fighter pilot who prefers golf to tennis...
Hollywood Turf Club...