This week’s episode of “The Grantland Rice Story”, a Thesaurus syndicated series from the mid-1950s, pays a visit to the race track.  It’s an interesting show - horse racing seemed to be much more prominent in the sports pages, but we don’t hear about it nowadays except for the bigger contests like the Kentucky Derby.

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In program GRS-3, “Big Red - Man o’ War”, sportscaster Jimmy Powers narrates Grantland Rice’s stories about great horses and great races from Rice’s long career as a sports reporter.   The show features an interview with jockey Earl “The Handy Guy” Sandy who was a friend of Grantland Rice, reminiscing about his own career in horse racing.

The show was transferred from original RCA Thesaurus 12″ transcription, matrix number F7-MR-5054-1C.

Next week, Jimmy Powers tells us Grantland Rice’s stories about boxer Jack Dempsey.

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