neat phrases from Kent Desormeaux
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Mon May 5 13:50:20 UTC 2008
Lizzards can move VERY quickly (at least the tiny ones we see in the South) if the weather is warm enough. As for "log": just alliteration. "... Lizard on a path" would make almost as much sense, but it would not sound as good.
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From: George Thompson <george.thompson at NYU.EDU>
Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 22:47:21
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Subject: [ADS-L] neat phrases from Kent Desormeaux
Desormeaux is a jockey, in the Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame, and rode the winner of this past Saturday's Kentucky Derby (brought to us, let us not forget, by Yum! Brands). I believe he is a country boy from Louisiana. I have the first 2 vols. of DARE, but can't find either. (You may ask, how can I lose 2 books the size of DARE? Well, that's easier to do in some apartment than in others, perhaps. In my apartment, I could lose easily bigger books than DARE.)
[Referring to the way that Stewart Elliott rode Smarty Jones when winning the 2004 Kentucky Derby:]
"Stewart came down the stretch like a lizard on a log"
Daily Racing Form, May 3, 2008, p. 14, col. 1. I suppose that this means sitting still on the horse's back, as a lizard sits on a log.
[Referring to his expectations as to the way he would ride Big Brown in last Saturday's Derby]
"For me, it works out perfect because I can catbird someone, whoever leads me into the first turn"
New York Times, May 3, 2008, section D, p. 5, col. 1. I suppose that this means to run behind another horse at a comfortable pace. It's no doubt connected with Red Barber's familiar remark that some player or some baseball team was "In the catbird seat' -- in a favorable position
GAT
George A. Thompson
Author of A Documentary History of "The African Theatre", Northwestern Univ. Pr., 1998, but nothing much lately.
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