Word: volterra
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...whacking $122,857. At post time, a few infield sentimentalists dredged up their last sous to get aboard Rita Hayworth's filly Double Rose. Amour Drake and Val Drake, wearing the funereal black silks of Paris' most dramatic relict, the dashing young widow of Theatrical Magnate Leon Volterra, were the heavy favorites, but form players plumped for Textile Millionaire Marcel Boussac's triple entry of Djeddah, Coronation and Norval (Boussac horses had won the Prix five times...
Many years ago I was in Volterra,--one of the oldest cities in Italy. By the town gate, which is ornamented by ornaments dating from the time of the Volcians, there stand tablets, one above the other, recording the epochs when the town changed hands. The Italians who took the place in 1848 (or 60?) left standing all the monuments even those which the Austrians had set up. I remember saying to myself when I saw this "Seenow these Italians have a wisdom that is greater than ours, they leave the Past, to speak for itself, that is impressive...