University of Kentucky - Kentuckian Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

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A soft breeze gently rustling through the maple groves and a fluid motion of the waving grass is all the action recognizable on a wann spring day in the heart of a lazy country. Then, with the sound of a dis- tant bugle, life springs into the air. Racing day brings wonder- ful sounds to the track lovers' ears, in the form of pounding hooves and cheering crowds; and thousands of hearts beat in uni- son as the ever-urging jockeys flash into the stretch in anticipa- tion of the Winner's Circle.

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 ..v V. ; k 'M3 Kentucky’s bluegrass region and the sport of kings are synonymous—mile upon mile of faintly blue-tinted fields reaching to a horizon of cotton-covered skies. Cov- ering this sightseer’s paradise are the most prominent racing stables in the world. The rambling Calumet Farm, home of such immortal horses as Whirlaway, Bull Lea, and triple crown winner, Citation, is known throughout the sporting world — thus the proud name of our bluegrass region, “the Home of Champions ’

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Untouched by the embittered years of war and strife, the blue- grass region of Kentucky is a deeply entrenched emblem to the sheer beauty of peace. Year upon year the various products developed in this country stay pure and beneficial, contributed by a blend of people found nowhere else in the entire world, people who are congenial and kind through habit. In the center of this paradise are we, the students of the Univer- sity of Kentucky, little realizing haw fortunate we are to be placed in this region of contentment. Wherever you turn, beauty hoves into view in the shape of a blue-green countryside, a southern belle, or a herd of roving horses. To the happiness that is the atmosphere of the bluegrass region and to all its sights; the lovely women, the powerful thoroughbred, we dedicate the 1954 Kentuckian.