THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SPORT

BLUEBLOODS AND THOROUGHBREDS

European aristocracy and visiting Yanks attend England's Tattersall sales at Newmarket and buy $2 million worth of horses

HANDLER TRIES TO LEAD COLT THROUGH BARRICADE TO SALE RING AS ONLOOKERS CONCEAL INTEREST BY VARIETY OF EXPRESSIONS RANGING FROM MODERATE CONCERN TO UTTER BOREDOM

The countess of derby, for whose husband's family all Derbies (hats included) are named, talks horses with Trainer Jack Leech.

The duke of Norfolk (center) peruses catalog. An ardent horseman, the duke is retiring senior steward of the Jockey Club. At duke's right is Lord Hothfield, and at his left is the Honorable Mrs. George Lambton.

Horsemen Gather in waiting room near sale ring. On wall is painting of Messrs. Tattersall's auction establishment at Hyde Park Corner, London in 1865.

Continental visitors Mrs. Etti Plesch, husband Arpad Plesch and Baron Guy de Rothschild (right) talk over possible bids. Plesch, a former Hungarian banker now living in France, recently bought the late John Arthur Dewar's stud in Ireland. Baron de Rothschild, head of the Paris branch of the international banking family, is the owner of one of the Continent's top stables.

Second Steward of the Jockey Club and an owner-breeder, Lord Howard de Walden (left) discusses the horses offered for sale by Tattersall's with his nattily outfitted trainer, Jack Waugh.

The honorable John Jacob Astor, whose clubs include Boodle's and Buck's, puts his hand to cheek in conversation with Sir Richard Sykes. In the center is Owner R. N. Richmond-Watson.

Fox-Hunting cleric, Eric Wheeler, the Vicar of Steeple Bumpstead, watches horses parade around ring. Wheeler regularly attends sale watching for mounts that meet a vicar's budget.

Tweedy Lord Rosebery (right) chats with Count de Brignac (left), racing manager to Millionaire Marcel Boussac, and Jack Clayton, the racing manager to Bertie Stables at Newmarket.

Swaps owner Rex Ellsworth (right), who spent $150,000 at sale, talks to Mrs. Liz Lunn (former Liz Whitney) and Captain Cecil Boyd-Rochfort (center), the trainer for Queen Elizabeth.

LOS ANGELES LIMBERS UP

The year 1955 has brought booms of all sorts to Los Angeles and one of the biggest has been the muscle boom. Fitness exercise has taken hold, and gyms are jammed with perspiring executives anxious to stay in shape in spirit as well as body. Says one of them: "Exercise is a lot of fun. And it's a good deal cheaper than medical attention"

Muscular doctor James H. Kittredge, 41, exercises on Dorsi bar, variation of old-fashioned chinning bar with weights.

Massage subject Don Hartman, 54, production chief at Paramount, has head vibrated by physical director, Jim Davies.

ATTORNEY P. T. SHACKNOVE, 40, WHO DOES PUSHUPS TO PIANO MUSIC AT THE LOS ANGELES A.C.. DECLARES, "I LEAVE FEELING BOUNCY"

High flyer W. E. Thompson, 40, of Union Oil Co.'s exploration department, stays in peak condition by bouncing up and down on the trampolin at the Los Angeles A. C. five days a week.

Film producer Tony Owen, 48, exercises with dumbbells, inclined plane at a health club. Owen, who plans to make a movie in Africa, says, "It will take a very fast Mau Mau to catch me."

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ARTHUR SHAY