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...October 28, 1636 the General Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony "agreed to give 400? towards a schoale or colledge." Already a committee has been appointed for the celebration of the 300th birthday of Harvard University, oldest, richest, proudest in the land...
...restore the chapel for the Tercentenary," said William I. Nichols '26, "would be a lasting tribute to the 300th anniversary of the college, besides being an accessible place for Freshmen and visitors to acquaint themselves with the history and traditions of Harvard...
...days-while an Armenian archbishop was being murdered, a train collision was killing 200 persons in France, a blizzard was sweeping the East, George Dunlap was winning his eighth midwinter golf tournament, a Rumanian premier was being assassinated, the Metropolitan Opera was opening, Jockey Jack Westrope was riding his 300th winner-they had been flying around in circles to set a new women's endurance record of 237 hr. 42 min., 41 hr. better than the old mark, and to advertise Outdoor Girl cosmetics...
...every eye of the shivering crowd was on Out Bound and the peanut-sized figure astride him. Jockey Jack Westrope, a 16-year-old apprentice, had already ridden 299 winners in 1933. A five-day suspension for rough-riding had just expired. Now he was out to win his 300th race before the year end-a record only two other jockeys in U. S. and English racing history had made, the last in 1908. In the first two races of the day Jockey Westrope's mounts had finished in the ruck. Now, up on Out Bound, he was again...
...Youth forced her wide at the turn, forged ahead. Jockey Westrope lifted Miss Tulsa into the lead again, but she was spent, finished fourth. Next day the Epsom Downs stewards suspended Westrope for five days for rough riding. That left him three racing days in which to score his 300th victory...