Gaudenzia, Pride of the Palio

by Marguerite Henry

Mario Costanti, Castello Medioevale di Bibbiano Buonconvento, Tuscany

Dorotha Dawson, Supervisor of School Libraries, and Julia Coe, Detroit, Michigan

Fini Demolito, Captain of the Contrada Giraffa, Siena

Vittorio De Santi, Captain of the Contrada Nicchio, Siena

Ettore Fontani, owner of many Palio horses, Siena

Benito Giachetti, Chief of the Guards, Siena

Vasco Giusti, Contrada Giraffa, Siena

Giovanni Governato, interpreter and Doctor of Accounting, Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena

Guido Guidarini, official starter of the race, Siena

Ruth Harshaw, conductor of "Carnival of Books" radio program, Chicago