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The Only Female to Out-Dance Astaire Revered as the "Queen of Tap Dancing," this legend displayed the speed and agility of an acrobat in her work, paired with the long legs of a thoroughbred dancer. Eleanor Torrey Powell, born November 21, 1912 in Springfield, Massachusetts comes from very humble beginnings. A shy Eleanor got her start in dance at the early age of 11 in an attempt by her parents to make her more sociable. She trained in only acrobatics and ballet initially, which many believe…

Horse Racing Article Javier Castellano is a top-ranking jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. Racing runs in his family. In fact, his father, who died in 2000, his uncle and a brother are all jockeys. But even though his father already passed away, he still considers him to be the biggest influence on his career as a jockey. Castellano started his riding career in 1996 at Santa Rita and La Rinconada race courses in Venezuela. In June 1997, the jokey migrated to the United States where…

She got an Oscar for the “Wizard of Oz.” An Oscar is a award for your acting skills. She also did “Thoroughbreds don’t Cry” as Cricket West. In 1936 she did “Babes in arms.” as Patsy Barton. She also did “Strike up the band” as Mary Holden and “Little Nellie Kelly” as Nellie Kelly which were in 1940.There was another one in 1942 “Babes on Broadway” as Penny…

My 12-week internship at Tierra Madre Horse Sanctuary was almost exactly what I expected from this course. After switching to the Non-Profit Leadership and Management degree I was immediately intimidated by the thought of my final semester being nothing but internship work, but it turned out to be not as scary I as thought it would. Working the non-profit field has its own set of challenges and I believe that horse rescue has an even deeper set of challenges. Tierra Madre is a special kind of…

For instance something that interested me that I found was that the Arabian horse is the oldest purest horses alive. As the Arabian Horse Association (2016) points out “Bedouin tribes zealously maintained the purity of the breed. Because of their limited resources, breeding practices were extremely selective.” Basically this is stating that the Bedouin people were very strict about how they breed the Arabians and how the Arabians have kept their purity for such a long time due to the strict…

For the Good of the Horse, or the Good of the People? Sports have rules. No matter the sport, it will have guidelines that tell people how to play and to keep players from cheating. Drug usage, one of the most debated sections of any rulebook, is regulated and controlled with drug testing and hefty punishments. The entire Russian track and field team was recently suspended for a “culture of cheating” through large-scale, government influenced drug usage (Keteyian). The second baseman for the…

Salt and pepper both used for seasoning but have very different tastes. This is an analogy I would use to describe Sanger Rainsford and General Zaroff. In the duration of the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game”, both are portrayed a impeccable hunters, but, as the story proceeds the separation the two hunters unfolds. Although they bear some mutual similarities, the difference between Sanger Rainsford and General Zaroff are quite pronounced; differences such as their age, where there from,…

Genetic engineering refers to the artificial modification of the genetic code of a living organism. Genetic engineering changes the fundamental physical nature of the organism, sometimes in ways that would never occur in nature. Genes from one organism are inserted in another organism, most often across natural species boundaries. Some of the effects become known, but most do not. The effects of genetic engineering which we know are ususally short-term, specific and physical. The effects we do…

The entirety of Zaroff’s game would be impossible, and most importantly, he would not have developed such an overwhelming amount of arrogance as time progressed. “...I hunt the scum of the earth...lassars, blacks, Chinese, whites, mongrels--a thoroughbred horse or hound is worth more than a score of them" (19). Zaroff’s superiority clouded his judgement, and thus enabled him to go about performing such intricate murder without a twinge of guilt--the emotion that lives within each human. In other…

the carriage, including the food. While the servants were doing that, the princesses and prince went to the royal stables and saddled their horses. Maggie picked her beautiful black spotted palomino horse named Princess. Laura picked the golden thoroughbred horse named Buttercup. Dalilah chose the light brown Clydesdale horse named Brownie. Daisy decided on the shire horse named Dolly. Lancelot agreed to have the dark brown American Saddlebred horse named Chocolate. They loved being outdoors and…