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7 How can you look this well-dressed? I Her first secret: I The "little nothing" dress per- fectly Murk, perfect in line and sil- houettc, set olTbya multi-strand of I frankly fake beads. Her second secret: Perfect grooming at all times, cs- 3 pccially important during "prob- S lem days." She uses Tampax in- j tcrnal sanitary protection. bf course. I For Tampax docs away with bells, pins, pads, telltale outlines, awk- ward bulk. With Tampax, you move jjj gracefully, easily, just as if there wire no differences in days of the I month. With Tampax, you're never 3 worried about odor . . . embarrass- mcnt. With Tampax, you can bathe .. .just as you regularly do. Tampax . . . for that cool, clean. fresh feeling. Tampax ... the mod- 5 ern way. Tampax . . . the Inner way. jjj Oresi by Sportwhirl 3 TAMPAX ISEX I fir- -Ml Afl j 1 m wmm Champion Koso is owned by Mrs. Richard du Ponl. Horse Racing Sport of Queens They'll be off and running next Saturday in the Kentucky Derby and if history is any indication, watch the Thoroughbreds that carry the colors of elegant ladies By JACK RYAN THERE is ONE pretty sure bet for the Ken tucky Derby next Saturday no filly will win. In 87 Runs for the Roses at Churchill Downs, only one female, Regret, has ever led the pack, and that was back in 1915. Rut with that note, abandon uny idea you may have that Thoroughbred racing is strictly a male domain if anything, it has become a sport of queens, at least in the owners' circle. In the past 20 Derbies, 11 winners have been owned or co-owned by women. Last year's winner. Carry Back, was entered in the name of Mrs. Jack Price, and an early winter-book favor ite this year, Ridan, races under the colors of Mrs. Moody Jolley. She turned the horse over to her 23-year-old son LeRoy, who helped develop the colt, purchased for $11,000, into a $350,000 winner with plenty of races still to come. Mrs. Price, whose Carry Back has won $1 million so far, will be the first to admit she's a "nominal owner." Her husband, a silk-suited dynamo packed into n muscular 5-foot, 4-inch frame, made enough money to retire at 50 and devote himself to developing Thoroughbreds. Blonde, cheerful Mrs. Price acts as a sort of official hostess: after a win, she accepts the trophy with gracious words while Jack hovers anxiously over his sweating horseflesh. At victory dinners, Mrs. Price sees that the social circles keep revolving while her husband huddles in a corner discussing promising yearlings. But she's also out at dawn with Jack to watch the exercises, and the experts give her credit for helping gentle Carry Back from the ill temper of his younger days and making him, in her own -words, "just one of the family." Another of Mrs. Price's duties was revealed last year after Carry Back won the Preakness. Newsmen asked Price if he had any bad moments during the thrilling Hidan, owned by the Moody Jolleys (left), was given lo son l.efloy (with wife. rinhl), who mode it $350,000 winner. come-from-behind victory. "Not as much during the race as before it," he replied. Ever since the couple started racing horses, Price ex plained, his wife, a notorious bad-luck bettor, had faithfully made "poison bets" on rival entries to jinx them. "As they were going to the post," Price said, "I asked Katherine if she had laid down her poison bets. She said no, she'd for gotten. I want to tell you I talked to her pretty hard right then and there!" The lecture must have been taken to heart: Mrs. Price is back wagering poison bets, and Carry Back is still . taking the big stakes. Many of the women owners, however, take an active part in the buying, training, and racing of horses regis tered in their names. There's no glamour or glory here, just chilly dawn vigils clocking promising yearlings and long hours with veterinarians and trainers. A good example of the knowledgeable woman horse owner is Mrs. Richard du Pont III, who races Kelso, the Horse of the Year in 1960 and 1961. Mrs. du Pont is no newcomer to the world of fine horses. "I've been riding since my grandfather gave me a pony when I was a small girl," she says, "and riding is still my favorite exercise." She is mistress of the fox hounds for an exclusive Dela ware hunt club, and her 23-year-old daughter Laura is a champion equestrienne. "I can't remember when I first went to the races," she adds, "but I think it was when I was a little girl and was taken to Havre de Grace. How racing and tracks have changed since then!" After her marriage, Mrs. du Pont took up her husband's avocation, glider flying, and held the women's altitude record (her son is now an airline pilot). Mr. du Pont was killed in a California crash, and in 1953 his widow returned to her beloved horses. "The 'thrill' with Thoroughbreds isn't just in winning," (Continued on page 16) Mr. and Mrs. Jack Price are winning big stakes with Carry Bach, whose ill temper Mrs. Price had nipped in the bud.
