=== Eddie Sweat: A Groom's Groom ===
In 1973 the three-year-old colt Secretariat won each event of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes), a feat accomplished only eleven times in the twentieth century. While many factors contributed to Secretariat's success-selective breeding, top-notch trainers, and a skillful jockey, to name a few-the expertise and diligent care of the horse's groom, Eddie Sweat, who deserves some of the credit. Although often overlooked and underappreciated, a groom plays a significant role in the life of a racehorse. A groom's basic tasks include washing and brushing the horse, trimming its mane and tail, and they clean its hooves. A groom also cleans stalls and takes care of riding equipment. Those whom witnessed Sweat with Secretariat attest that his care surpassed the usual duties of a groom. He'd talk to the horse constantly, he'd soothe him in Gullah, a Creole-English language commonly spoken in the South Carolina African American community Sweat grew up in. After cooking Secretariat a mash of oats and corn, he'd watch him eat, taking note of any changes in appetite noticeable to him while the horse was eating. He'd also examine Secretariat's teeth and take his temperature daily, attention to any signs of illness or distress. Sweat would spend extra time massaging the horse's legs, applying healing poultices made from herbs he had gathered. However, on nights before big races, he'd even sleep next to the horse's stall. Sweat's constant companionship, and expert care kept Secretariat healthy and calm in a stressful racing environment. When a bronze statue honoring Secretariat was unveiled at the Kentucky Horse Park in 2004, it featured not only the Triple Crown champion but his jockey and his groom, Eddie Sweat, as well. The statue, depicting Sweat with his left hand gripping the lead rope, and his right resting on the horse's side, is a lasting tribute to Sweat's exceptional care.
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=== Whale Songs ===
The key to learning more about the meaning of whale songs, scientists believe, is to study the songs in context. Their aim is to establish what type of situation elicits a particular song. Two pieces of sophisticated recording equipment are essential in this endeavor: D-tags and hydrophone arrays. For example, D-tags are noninvasive devices temporarily attached to the whales with suction cups. Hydrophone arrays are webs of underwater recording devices. Using this equipment, scientists have amassed roughly 15,000 songs, along with other background noises and data about the whales' locations and movements. Now, scientists are turning to crowdsourcing to meet the next challenge: tagging similar-sounding songs as matches. These matches are vital for the project, as they allow scientists to identify and compare multiple situations in which the same song was recorded. The process effectively narrows the range of potential factors that could have evoked a particular song, thereby offering better clues to the song's meaning.
=== A Natural Comedian ===
When silent comedy films debuted in the early 1900s, the public was delighted by slapstick's over-the-top brawls, falls, and pantomimes. Exaggerated gestures and expressions, long used by actors to hammer home the hilarity of their acts in vaudeville theaters, began to fall flat with filmgoers. By 1910, however, audiences' tastes were more refined. Craving comedies, but lamenting the overacting, audiences began to call for funnier—and more natural—silent actors. An illustrator's model, Mabel Normand, proved perfect for the part. Skilled at calling up realistic emotions for magazine art and ads, Normand was invited to take part in a film as an extra. After impressing them with her natural wit and nuanced expressions, directors at the Biograph film company offered her a costar's contract. Within a year, she was accepting starring roles with major studios.