WONDERFUL WORLD OF SPORT
THE MANY MOODS OF SUMMER
A solitary angler, caught by the camera shrouded in morning mists on a rocky promontory off Montauk Point, N.Y., finds his own challenges and his own triumphs in the lonely sport he loves best. Like that of millions who, alone or in company, find the fullest measure of themselves in the outdoors, his preoccupation sets but one of...
Anticipation of triumph lights the faces of teen-age tennis players Jacqueline Tegland, Sally Moore, Mary Ann Mitchell, Owen McHaney, Sandra Loubat, Patricia Shaffer and Gwyn Thomas as the Junior Wightman cupsters with nonplaying Captain Marilynn McRae (left, center) face camera—and the future—with charm and confidence.
A funereal gloom pervades the golf course at France's sunny Deauville in still another aspect of summer's shimmering moods. Nobody has died; the République has not yet fallen. It is only that one tournament golfer lost his ball, and the French gallery, reacting to their hero's every thought, decided as one man to help him locate the elusive pellet.
A supple sun dance by Gymnast Muriel Davis is an added rite in the endless ritual of summer as Minneapolis kids join in a festival of physical fitness.
A hefty hike to windward puts young Virginia Coffee almost overboard as she pilots her 12-foot Snowbird to near victory in regatta off Newport Harbor, California.
Wind and wave are the constant summertime companions of these waterborne youngsters from North Carolina's Camp Sea Gull, where the tides of Pamlico Sound and the Atlantic help teach campers the way of a ship in the midst of the sea.
Conventual contemplation gives way to the competitive spirit as two Cincinnati Sisters of the Poor of St. Francis respond to summertime's urge.
Cool cat Tommy Goodwin, runner-up in the Westchester golf tourney, sets summery style in plunging neckline and sneakers.
A ducal dousing with mineral water cools the hot head of Queen Elizabeth's Edinburgh between chukkers of July polo.
HORSY SET HIGHJINKS
Once each year the horsy set of what Publisher Bertie McCormick used to call Chicagoland forget their dignity and their dividends long enough to gambol and gamble through a daylong gymkhana of equestrian edification that includes everything from a hunt breakfast at the swank Ambassador East Hotel to a donkey derby in the fashionable local exurbia. The occasion is the annual running of the $4,000 Hurdle Stakes for 4-year-olds and up at Arlington Park race track, but the race itself is only an incident.
Caught here by the camera are the various and variegated aspects of a day of play that began the evening before as the gentry labored to equip the Arlington track's flat course with steeplechase hazards in a reasonable facsimile of Aintree. A fleet of elegant horse-drawn rigs and turnouts was on hand next morning to carry the Mid westerners and their guests to breakfast at the Ambassador's Pump Room. Then it was on to Arlington for luncheon, the race and a fashion show. Last, but far from least, there was a buffet supper at Oak Knoll, the vast 120-acre home of the S. L. Reinhardts in Barrington and, of course, a donkey race in funny costumes.
Bewildered burro waits laconically while Nashville Investment Banker William D. Hail mounts the driver's seat for the donkey derby's "Le Mans" start.
A boost in the bustle from Broker Ronald Woodard puts Mrs. Bill Hail safely aboard an ancient buggy after Pump Room breakfast.
Louisville lawyer and Amateur Jock Ned Bonnie proved his skill on long-and short-eared steeds in formal steeplechase and informal donkey race alike.
Toilet-seat trophy, emblem of victory in the donkey stakes, is presented to winning Jockey Hail by shapely Barbara van Hagen and A. D. Plamondon III.
A husbandly helping hand from retired Indiana Steel Executive A. D. Plamondon Jr. insures his wife's success in a long step up.
Fixing fences kept the members of the Midwest Hunt Racing Association busy far into the night at the Arlington Park track before the big hurdle race.
Tummy-tickling third hurdle in the stake race slows down Investment Banker Bill Hail's Orestes Kid whose professional jockey failed to finish in money.
Sentimental salute from Mrs. Preston Madden is the reward of Gentleman Jock Crompton Smith, a Princeton student, for riding Hal Marbut to victory.
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