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and owned by James Voase "Jimmy" Rank, the son of Joseph Rank and older brother of the film-maker J. Arthur Rank. Why Hurry’s sire Precipitation was a top class racehorse, best known for winning the Ascot Gold Cup in 1937. He went on to become a successful stallion, siring three other Classic winners in Airborne (Derby Stakes), Chamossaire (St Leger) and Premonition (St Leger) as well as the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes winner Supreme Court. Precipitation himself was sired
sign painter, would vacation in the Rockaways every year. Each year Sylvor would ask to ride a carousel which they would pass near Marine Park Bridge on the way to their vacation. Sylvor's father, who he described as always in a hurry to get to their vacation destination, always refused to stop for the carousel ride. Sylvor later told the New York Times in a 2002 interview why his father never stopped, "He was a man on a mission to get to the Rockaways."
Sylvor graduated from William