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Frank O'Neill, "veteran of 20 years of the American, British and French turf," rode Sir Galahad...
...Domino blood is the best strain on the American turf. It is Sarazen's more ways than one. This inbreeding has developed great sprinting speed. It has also made him a perfect gentleman-his demeanor is docile in stable or on track...
Captain Clark is desirous of arranging a game with Yale to be played on Soldiers Field on Commencement Day. He denies emphatically that polo is injurious to the turf, giving as instances the finest greens in the country where Army polo is played. He believes that a game on Soldiers Field would put the sport on the map, and incidentally be highly remunerative...
...defeated In Memoriam in the mile and a quarter match race for $20,000 at Louisville, Ky. He won by a nose after chasing In Memoriam to the last stride. It was possibly the closest finish in turf history...
...forgotten, but fresh, well cared for ones can never be. Thirty thousand headstones, tended by native Frenchmen, should do more toward promoting peace than a dozen disarmament conferences. Major Foster says, "...Nothing could be more impressive than the peaceful effect of the modest white stones showing against the green turf under the shade of protecting trees." It is the French, not the Americans, who will be the more impressed. They will have the reminders always before their eyes...