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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-12-01

have a licensed trainer, she felt re-
lieved.
"Then TIL buy a license. How much
is it?"
cit isn't that easy, Miss Mills"
Everett explained.
you'll have to see Mr.. Roy Car
ruthers, the presiding steward, about
that. He's pretty touchy about grant
ing a trainers license to a woman,
too"
Then Everett told her to come a.
round the first of the week when the
rush of the Santa Anita opening was
out of the way, and he would do his
best to find room for her horse.
Heather thanked him. But she was
close to tears. Slim, standing close
to her, was undecided. Should he risk
speaking to her?
"Maybe there's something I can
do" said a voice behind her.
Heather turned to find heavy-set
stranged standing solicitously, his hat
in his hand.
pardon me, ma'am. My name is
Bassitt. I couldn't help hear you talk
ing. I was a good friend of your
Pas. knew him well. He was one
in million, old Dam"
Disarmed by the fine word Of praise
for her father, Heather smiled rather
dolefully.
"Mind if take look at your colt, -
Bassitt pursued.
81 was great admirer of his sire,
saw him run many great race. If
he's anything like his daddy, Coro-
nado, he'll sure be pippin, -.
Heather was not sophisticated e.
nough to analyze the CLEAN in Bas-
sits eyes at the mention of Coro-
nado.
She did not notice the sardonic
glance, listening, gave the unctuous
Bassitt.
he was glad to hear, in all this mas
culine clamor, a friendly voice that
seemed to come from old Dan.
"Oh, Mr.. Bassitt, thank you, I'll
be glad to show you Knight Errant."
It was with the feeling that she had
found a friend that Heather left the
Santa Anita racing office with Char
lie Bassitt. His talk Of old Dan, his
praise of Coronado and now his flat
tering comments upon her Knight Err
rant had blanketed the three domi-
mating figures closest to her heart.
With the quick eyes of horseman
Bassitt, looking into the van, noted
Knight Grants. weight carrying"
chest and depth through the heart.
And he caught his breath when he
saw the slim racing legs, so like Coro-
nado's.
"Racy looking colt you've got,
ma'am. A dead spit OF his DADDY,
Bassitt had put it.
In the next breath he was kicking
himself mentally for having revealed
that he was so high on Knight Errant.
He climed into the roadster with
Heather, directing the way to the Bas-
slit stable.
Slim watched them go. He shrug-
ged his shoulders and wandered mood
lily off to join the checkers in the
grandstand.
AS the van rolled down through
lanes of stables, Heather found diff
Gully in keeping her eyes on the road,
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''knuGHT ERRAnT"
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works were right, Knight Errant could
really fly.
Carefully, until the night before
Heather avoided telling Artichokes
that she was going along to Santa
Anita with Knight Errant.
"Yo' is all wrong" he argued, TAX
en- by surprise. vainly he protested.
Why, this girl didn't know where
the eighth pole wasl There were an
giles in racing she hadn't dreamed OF.
he'd be the target of every slick oper-
ator around race track.
"My mind is made up" Heather tod
him in tone he recognized as final.
So they loaded Knight Errant into
the van, Coronado's old van, this jar
uary day and Heather, in pair of
smart riding Stacks, climbed into the
roadster dragging the light trailer
van.
"Yo're headin' smack into a peck
of trouble" Artichokes had flung as
final protest as she started the
motor.
But Heather was too happy to pay
any attention to Artichokes' warnings.
With youth in her veins and hope in
her heart, she started down the wind
ing Carmel Valley road, her blue eyes
sparkling and fluffs Of honey-bright
hair blowing wildly in the wind.
Artichokes was resigned. He wav-
ed at her, thinking Of all the conniv-
ers, soft-con artists and phoneys, to
whom girl of her inexperience might
fall an easy prey.
y
Heather gave the wheel a sudden
jerk and slammed on the brakes.
Screening tires slxidded the van to a
stop near the Santa Anita racing Sec
retary's office. Her sudden swerve
saved the life Of Slim Maynard who
had stopped short in the sandy road
at sight Of her.
It was a foolish moment for Slim.
In the trailer van was a horse he
had never seen on any track. But at
the wheel was girl whom he realized
he had seen before. She was furious.
eff you would be so kind" she said
with sarcasm. He stepped back. She
drove on, her nose tilted scornfully.
Slim thought to himself, staring af-
ter the unwieldy van: wonder who
she is, anyway"
Then, being horseman, he wonder
ed about the horse.
give seen that horse before, too"
he pondered. Cor one that looks like
like it."
Then he remembered a girl with
appealing blue eyes that held tears,
the girl he had seen sitting in the
Biltmore lobby in Los Angeles shortly
after the great Coronado died.
He had taken one look at her then,
and four encores, each the equivalent
in thrills of winning ticket on a 100
to 1 shot.
Coronado! The name clicked in
Sims mind. Acting on impulse he
followed Heather Mills.
She had parked roadster and van
nearby, leaving Knight Errant to pom
der wistfully on the subject of miss
ing the oats, and hurried impetuously
into the racing office. She had to
wait her turn in the roomy outer Of
flee.
She did not mind waiting. Her
eager blue eyes took in characters
that fascinated Reinforcement, clock
ers, race writers, officials and hang
ers-on, all talking, smoking, waiting
for the entries to come out.
They were not all of the breed of
old Dan Mills, her sportsman father;
but the girl, two years out of finish
ing school, had no means of knowing
this.
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However, the starry enthusiasm in
Heather's glance froze suddenly.
That man she had nearly run down
outside the office had entered. Sims
entrance was careless and nonchalant
and Heather had no way Of knowing
he was there for another look at her.
But Slim was not without welcome,
no matter how coldly Heather fixed
her gaze above the door, as If she
had never seen such a creature in all
her life.
For Snapper, wearing his favorite
old cap and faded sweater and look
ing very sad, was sitting not far from
Heather.
"Slim, I was looking all over for
you'll" he clamored.
Slim had never been less glad to
see his friend.
"Slim, I can't do anything right,
Snapper walled. ri was in a poker
game down at the Lankershim last
night. There was fellow sitting a.
cross the table, hadn't opened his trap
all night. Too busy raking in pot
after pot. I wasn't getting the cards
all night.
"But about o'clock" Snapper went
on, "they started running my way.
All of a sudden something went off
in the guys vest.
'It sounded like a fire alarm. He
pulled out one of those old-fashioned
watches a big as your fist and said:
Sorry, boys, I just remembered I got
a date to meet the wife on the corner
in ten minutes. Cash me in Never
cracked smile. Four in the morning
and he's got date to meet the wife
on the corner! He walked off with all
the money and it broke up the game"
Snapper waited. Slim eyed him
suspiciously and then peeled off a
twenty for his pal -.
Heather stepped up to the secre-
tary's counter. She was flushed and
starry eyed.
Knight Errant?" Everett said,
glancing at the registration papers
Heather handed him. And he thought
"Never heard Of him."
But his eyes widened when he saw
written in, "By Coronado out of Sweet
Alice"
81 never knew Coronado had son,"
he said with interest.
Slim was listening. He snapped his
fingers in an ecstacy of remembrance.
Now he knew why the horse in the
van outside had seemed like one he
had seen before.
"Knight Errant was born the same
month Coronado died." Heather ex-
planned.
And when she related how she had
just arrived, that Knight Errant was
outside in the van, and asked for
stable room, Everett told her she
should have wired weeks ago for stall
space.
"There are 1000 horses on the
grounds" he told her, "and Knight
Errant is just one of four hundred
2-year-olds to be accommodated with
stills. Who's your trainer?"
Trainer? Why, I CUES I am" she
stammered, wondering if Everett
thought she had circus lion or some
thing out in the van. alive just
brought Knight Errant from the farm.
Must he have trainer?"
"You can't just wind him up and
let him rum" Everett smiled.
When he explained that the state
racing laws required every horse to
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Slim has a chance to buy the
two horses cheaply, which he does,
sight unseen, and theyturn out to be
plugs. knight Errant is now a year.
ling, who is very promising and
Heather ia anxious to race him a.
gainst the advice of her stable-hand,
Artichokes, "Cold Cream" races ut
Bay Meadows and loses. Slim and
Snapper were broke again. The lat
ter is flabbergasted when a man to
whom he had given a tip on "Co.d
Cream" hands him a commission OF
$500. The man had understood Snap
per to say "GOld Stream" winner!
CHAPTER S
Down on the Mills farm, Knight
Errant was beginning to look, from
muzzle to hooks, from withers to fet-
lock, a race horse.
Recalling what she had once heard
her father tell, that the temperament
of a race horse depends largely upon
the manner in which he has been brok-
en-, Heather took this important de-
tail in Knight Grants career in her
own hands, almost to the exclusion of
Artichokes.
She strapped canvas belt around
Knight Errant for few hours daily,
gradually Tightening it each time.
Her colt in time become so accus-
toned to feeling this that he scarce
" knew the Difference when she re-
placed the strap with Coronado's light
racing saddle.
With Artichokes she took him over
to the old Del Monte racing strip
frequently, for short breezes, and if
certain crude methods Of timing trial
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SYNOPSIS

It was post time for the Santa Anita
Handicap. Coronado" the favOrite,
with fourteen victories, pranced on
the track to the applause of the crowd.
Dan Mills, his owner, sportsman OF
high calibre, hung on the rail, watch
ing. He had feeling of apprehen-
sion. Just a few hours ago, he had
collapsed in the tack room and Char
lev Bassitt, horseman of unsavOry re-
putation, had taken Coronado" to the
receiving barn. Thrilling with excite
ment, Dams 18-year-Old daughter,
Heather, watches from her box. In
the unreserved section, stands "Slim"
Maynard and his pal, Snapper FL
lott. "Slim", born Andrew Branson
Maynard, knew horses; his father had
a string of thoroughbreds when Slim
was a boy, but a flood ruined the
Maynard stables and Slim is now on
his uppers.. All he and Snapper could
scrape together was bet on "Coro-
nado" today. Slim sees Bassitt come
from the $50 window with wad OF
tickets and wonders which horse he
was betting on. Coronado, fractions
at the post, pinions his leg on the
stall gate. With the yell, They're
Off, he rushes to the lead, apparent
" uninjured, but before the horses
had gone a sixteenth of mile, Coro-
nado's legs buckled and he crashed
headlong to the ground-dying OF
broken back. The blow is too much
for Dan and, next day, he dies. All
that are left to Heather are a breed
ing farm in Carmel Valley and "a
tichokes'', a stable-hand of whom
Coronado was especially fond. Three
days later, Heather sits in the lob
by of the BiltmOre Hotel in Los An
geles, crushed and lonely. The place
buzzed with rumors regarding Char
lie Bassitt and Coronado's "acciden-
tal' death. ArtichOkes shuffles in to
inform Heather that her bags are
packed and the car ready for their
trip to Carmel Valley. Her despair at
going back is lightened by Artichokes
surprising news that "Sweet Alice,
the little brood mare on the farm, is
"expectin' and there may be a sue
eessor to Coronado. She named the
colt Knight Errant." In the mean
time, Slim and Snapper were doing
fairly well at Tanforan. One day,
they go to court to hear the case Of
Sol Berg, a tailor against "Foots"
O'Day for nOn-payment of a bill.
"FOots" owns two nO-gOOd platers,
"Susie" and "Cold Cream, which he
had turned over to Berg in lieu of
cash, but contrived to get back again.
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LLOYD & BLAINE DRUG STORE
Evening star., 1939-01-09
MIR. Remey to Be Host

Mr.. Charles Mason Remey will
entertain tonight at dinner, fol-
lowed by organ music, at his home
on Massachusetts avenue.
Evening star., 1939-01-09
Miss Clark Bride
|Of MIR. Moncure
Saturday

DR.. and Mrs. Taliaferro Clark Of
Germantown, Md, announce the
marriage of their daughter Judith to
Mr.. Charles Lewis Moncure Sat-
urday afternoon at Aqua Church
near Stafford. Va.
The ceremony was performed at 4
o'clock in the presence of members
of the immediate families, including
the parents of the bride, DR.. and
Mrs. Clark; the mother of the BRIDE
groom, Mrs. Peter Vivian Daniel
Moncure; Mr. William Taliaferro
Clark, Mr. Charles E. Clark, Mr..
Fitzhugh Clark, Mr.. and Mrs. Rich
ard H. Clark and their small daugh-
ter Lucia, all of Montgomery County,
Md; Mrs. Lee Taliaferro, Mr.. and
Mrs. William E. Ewers and their
young daughter, Miss Virginia Lee
Ewers of Madison Mills, Va; Miss
Eugenia Grymes, Mr.. Benjamin
Moncure, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Mon
cure, Mr.. and Mrs. Orsa Grymes
and MIR. and Mrs. William Randolph
Grymes, all of Orange, Va.
After their wedding trip Mr.. and
Mrs. Moncure will divide their time
between Washington, where Mrs.
Moncure has research position
with the American Association of
University Women, and Orange, Va,
where Mr. Moncure is engaged as
manager of Mount Athos, the estate
of Mr.. Thomas H. Somerville.
Evening star., 1939-01-09
Suburban Social Notes
Miss Mary Walton McCandlish
Is Entertained at Dinner

friends met there to help Mrs.
Galtsof celebrate her birthday an
niversary.
Most of the guests were from the
Russian colony in Washington, in
which both DR.. and Mrs Galtsoff
take an active part, and they went
to the Galtsoff home after the re-
ligious service which marked the
observance of the Russian Christ
mas.
Mrs. Galtsoff was the recipient
of many beautiful flowers given her
by the guests at the party.
Mrs. B. Peyton Whalen of Alta
Vista, Md, will be hostess at lunch
con tomorrow. having as her guests
the Montgomery County women who
are serving as officers of the Mont
gomery County Federation of Wom-
ems Clubs.
Among Mrs. Whalen's guests will
be Mrs. Vestus Wilcox of Gathers
burg, Mrs. A. Brookhouse Foster o1
Bethesda, Mrs. Sidney Karr of Edge.
moor, Mrs. Donald De Lashmutt anc
(See SUBURBAN, Page BAD
Evening star., 1939-01-09
Miss Anna Dornan
Becomes Bride of
MIR. George Hall

Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome L. Dorman
Of II Clagett road, University Park,
Nd. announce the marriage of their
daughter, Anna Elizabeth, to Mr..
George Willard Hall of near Alex
Andria, Va.
The ceremony took place Decem-
Der 81 in the rectory of st.
Jerome's Catholic Church in Hyatts-
vile. The Rev. Chester j. Czyz,
assistant pastor, officiated Only
members of the immediate families
attended.
The bride was graduated from
Hyattsville High School. The bride
groom, q graduate of Lee-Jackson
High School in Alexandria, holds q
Government position in Washing
ton.
{ Mr.. and Mrs. Hall are at home
TO their friends at the Dorman home
- Univerhty Park.
Evening star., 1939-01-09
Notes From the Social Calendar of Washington and It's
News Notes of the Official
And Diplomatic Sets
In the Capital
Mrs. Roosevelt Attends Morning
Musicale With Several Guests;
White House Tea Wednesday

morning
the Turkish Ambassador; los Rios wife of the Spanish
William Bankhead wife of the Speaker the
Wednesday Presidents will entertain for
bes Council of the Fight nfanle Paralysis Campaign
Henry Wallace Secretary Agriculture
official day home Wednesday afternoon receiving
in apartment at Wardman Park Hotel
Assisting Mrs Wallace will be Mrs Stanley Reed Mrs William
Robert Jackson, Francis
Hougheng Miller. assisting L..
schley NS''''' ''S '''@l -
Ambassador, Count de go
New York middle of the week attend agang
will be held Friday after the arrival of NJ Marcel Olivier
Wednesday
the expected
meet him. The pavilion which nearing completion expected
formally opened in April.
NJ Olivier will present to the Worlds Fair Committee
model pavilion; Whalen,
Fair, who will attend the hagang model
for the Worlds Fair The will take place the
NJ organizing exposons
In 1880 Marshal Iyauey called him to preside deputy
over the Colonial Exposition in Paris in which capacity he distinguished
himself and greatly contributed toward the the fair
High to the Philippines and Mrs
yesterday
l5oday vacation
Mrs Mcu are accompanied by their daughter Miss McNu and
Rockwell Saigon in
and travel inland Bangkok capital of SIAM After board
ing the Bovan they will
Manila
Treasury Stephen
gone Florida where they Bimoe
Gables
the fourth Saturday
evening at the Miami Bltmore Country Club
meeting of
Commissioners which will
Thursday
Corning u NJ left yesterday Charleston
Corning will
Corning cocktail
through this Other
Mayhower
McCabe Virginia Lillian
Fleming Aurelia Hlberg.
Corning formerly Stationed Washington.
Atache of the Bulgarian Legation and Nine Knichef
afternoon of Mr. Charles Mason
Remey, entertained Massachusetts
NJ Knchen formerly Bulgarian Legation at
Athens Greece.
Evening star., 1939-01-09
Dutch Ballet
Entertained
At Supper
Mrs. J. r. Williams
Hostess After
Performance

Mrs. John R. Williams entertained
at q buffet supper last evening in
compliment to Nine. Yvonne Georgi
and members Of her Dutch Ballet
company, who gave program Of
dances at the National Theater last
evening for the benefit Of the Thrift
Shop, one Of Mrs. williams pet
charities. Mrs. Williams was hon.
orary chairman for the benefit and
she attended the performance be-
fore the buffet supper. Mrs. Will
liams had number of guests with
her for the dance program and later
received the guests at her buffet sup
per, introducing them to Nine.
Georgi, several members of her
company. and Mr.. ]. j. Vincent OF
New York, who is in charge Of her
tour in this country.
Guests of Mrs. Williams also in
cluded the Argentine Ambassador
and Sonora de Espil, the new Meth
erlands Minister and Nine. Loudon,
the counselor Of the Netherlands
Legation and Countess van Rech-
teren-Limpurg, the Naval Attache
of the British Embassy and Mrs.
Curzon Howe, Col. and Mrs. Edwin
M. Watson, former United States
Ambassador to Argentina and Mrs.
Robert Woods Bliss, DR.. and Mrs.
Harry Kerr, Mr.. and Mrs. Philip o.
Coff1n, Mrs. Edward Beale Mclean,
and her guests at the performance:
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh D. Auchincloss,
and Mr.. and Mrs. w. Mckee Dunn.
Others who witnessed the dances
were Mrs. Joseph Cecil and Miss
Carolyn Cecil; Mrs. James L. Hough-
telling, Mrs. Demarest Lloyd, Mrs.
Wallach Merriam, Mr.. and Mrs.
Jouett Shouse, Miss Alice Goodwin,
Miss Katharine Goodwin. Mr.. and
Mrs. William j. DuBose. Mr.. w. w.
Winchard, jr, and Mr.. John H..
Marian, jr.
Mrs. F.. Moran McConihe headed a
group of young ladies who formed
committee for the distribution Of
programs and she was assisted by
Miss Emily Davis, Miss Virginia
Rogers Barker, Miss Angelica Lloyd,
Miss Anne Perrin, Miss Marion
Shouse and Miss Peggy Townsend.
Mrs. McConihe and her assistants
also were guests of Mrs. Williams
after the performance.
Evening star., 1939-01-09

DR.. and Mrs Charles Howe and
Mrs. Louis E. Jeffries, jr., sister OF
Mrs. Howe. entertained at dinner
Saturday evening in the formers
residence near Mclean, Va, in
honor of their cousin, Miss Mary
Walton McCandish, daughter OF
Mrs. Fairfax Shield McCandlish, and
Mr.. William Schuyler Livingston,
whose marriage will take place Sat-
urday evening at o'clock, in Truro
Episcopal Church. Fairfax.
Immediately following the dinner,
which was for members of the we'd
ding party, 'The Monastery" the
group of bachelors with whom Mr..
Livingston lives in Washington, en-
tertained at a dance for Miss Nc
Candish and Mr.. Livingston. About
159 guests gathered in the small ball.
room at the house in which the
bachelors make their home at 260l
Thirtieth street.
Miss McCandish, who is a grand
niece of Mr.. R. Walton Moore,
counselor of the State Department,
has chosen her sister, Miss Nancy
Montague McCandlish, to be her
maid of honor, and the bridesmaids
will include Miss Eleanor Mclean
Rust Of Fairfax, Miss Rosalie Nelson
Of Winchester and Miss Elizabeth
Ogilby Of Chevy Chase.
Mr.. Alfred Brunson MacChesney
Of Chicago, ILL.,, will act as best man
for Mr.. Livingston, and the bride
groomsmen will be Mr.. F. SHIELD
McCandlish of Fairfax, Mr.. William
D. Evans of Richmond. Va; Mr.
Joseph Greenwood of Washington
Ind; Mr.. William r. Lesh of Mum
Gle, Ind; Mr.. Leonard Lyons OF
Jackson, Ga; Mr.. Allan Hart OF
Portland, Greg, and Mr.. Gerard
Reilly of Boston, Mass.
Immediately following the cere-
mony, there will be a large recep-
ton at the home of Mr.. Moore.
Mrs. Peter Decker is again at her
home in Bethesda, Md, after an
absence of 10 days, which she spent
with her nephew, Mr.. Edward Gill
liss, In Terra Alta, w. Va.
Mrs. w. D. Brinckloe of Easton
Nd, is spending some time with
her brother -in-law and sister, Mr.
and Mrs. Franklin P. Sagendorf
in Fairfax. Va.
The home of DR.. and Mrs. Pau
s. Galtsoff in Somerset, Nd, was
the scene of a delightful party Sat-
! urday night when a number of theil
Evening star., 1939-01-09
Miss Paula Skaden Engaged
to Mr.. Norman V. Ives.
Miss Hanna Singer to Wed
Mr.. S. ]. Goldsmith.

The engagement of Miss Hanna
Singer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
H. Singer of Reading. Pa. and Mr..
Samuel J. Goldsmith, 1927 Ninth
street, son of Mr.. and Mrs. A. Gold
smith of Harrisburg, Pa, was an
nounced New Year eve at a for
NAL dinner dance of the Tau Alpha
Omega Fraternity in the Wardman
Park Hotel
The wedding will take place in
the spring.
Evening star., 1939-01-09
Engagements
OF Interest
In Capital
Miss Amadon to
Become Bride of
Mr.. P0rterfeld

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick w. ANA
don have announced the engage
ment of their daughter Virginia
to Mr.. Curtis Homer Porterfield,
son of Mr. and Mrs David P. Porter
field of this city. The date has not
yet been set for the wedding.
Miss Paula Skaden Engaged
to Mr.. Norman v. Ives.
DR.. and Mrs. Squire Albert Skaden
of Port Allegany, Pa, have an
nounced the engagement of their
daughter, Paula Alice, to Mr.. Nor
man Vinzant Ives, son of Mrs. AL
bert Cronin Ives and the late DR..
Ives of Tampa and Lake City, Fla.
The wedding will take place in
late summer
Mr.. Ives is associated with the
Treasury Department in Washing
ton.
Evening star., 1939-01-09
Mrs. John Bitter
To Go to New York

Mrs. John Bitter of Jacksonville,
Fla, who has been at the Mayfower
for week, will leave tomorrow for
a two-day visit in New York. Her
young daughter, Dorothy Dick,
spent the week end with her and left
by plane yesterday for Jackson
vile. She had spent part of the
holidays in New York with her
father, Mr.. Sheldon Dick, brother
of Mr.. c. Mathews Dick of WASH
ington.
Mrs. Bitter had luncheon today
in the Senate restaurant with Sen
ator Claude Pepper of Florida and
her uncle, Mr. Charles Michaelson
At a luncheon Mrs. Bitter gave
Evening star., 1939-01-09
AND
Nv THE WAY

Benjamin IN town tooroW Tor WHAT VIII
be Q really long stay.