July 18, 1955 Table Of Contents

Author:
SI Staff

Jimmy Jemail's Hotbox

The Question: In a match race between Swaps and Nashua, which horse do you think would win? (Asked at the annual Belmont Ball at Belmont Park)

By Jimmy Jemail

Events & Discoveries

EVENTS & DISCOVERIES

A breath in time, Lunch for goodness' sake, The noise from the wet curve, Carbo on Carbo, Davy's disciples start eating, A whoop for naturalists

Spectacle

RACE WEEK

The cream of the eastern class-racing fleet comes to Larchmont for eight straight days of competition

The Wonderful World Of Sport

THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SPORT

Fisherman's Calendar

FISHERMAN'S CALENDAR

Compiled by Ed Zern

By William F. Talbert

Anniversary

ANNIVERSARY

Swaps

AT HOME WITH SWAPS IN CALIFORNIA

The Kentucky Derby winner continues to act like the country's top horse despite training conditions that would make a bluegrass blueblood wince

By James Murray

Conversation Piece:

SUBJECT: MESHACH TENNEY

Rex Ellsworth's chief trainer describes for SI's James Murray a new, businesslike approach to racing that has made their stable the most sucessful on the Pacific Coast

Yesterday

DEATH OF A SHROPSHIRE LAD

Captain Matthew Webb, first conqueror of the English Channel, attempted to recoup his dwindling fortune by swimming the terrifying Whirlpool Rapids below Niagara Falls. He did not live to tell the tale

By John Durant