Constance Bennett bet $5. Jack Oakie was made up in a red beard. Ruby Keeler went on crutches. John Hay Whitney sat in the Donald Ogden Stewart box. Bing Crosby chased Mrs. William Sexton's hat when it blew off in a gust of wind. When the horses went to the post for the $127,000 Santa Anita Handicap, Equipoise was favorite at odds of 8-to-5.
A slow-witted policeman collared Columnist Sidney Skolsky, thinking he was a tout. Publisher William Randolph Hearst sat in a box with his four sons. Fred Astaire bet on Twenty...
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