Word: adamses
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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There are some 700 licensed jockeys in the U. S. Last week, coming down the homestretch of the 1938 horse-racing circuit, 28-year-old Johnny Longden of Calgary, Canada, and 24-year-old Johnny Adams of Tola, Kans. led the field in a neck & neck race for the jockey...
For California racing fans, impatiently awaiting the opening of Santa Anita on the last day of the year, the Adams v. Longden rivalry was particularly exciting. Although neither jockey is as well known nationally as Eddie Arcaro, generally considered the best rider in the country, or Nick Wall. No. 1...
Many Californians will never forget the thrill they experienced when Jockey Adams rode six winners in a row (five of them long shots) at Bay Meadows one afternoon last spring-a feat that only seven U. S. jockeys have ever accomplished. Others who had seen him break a leg during...
Adams, lead by Bill Calfee, showed the elephants how they have won the league championship for the past three years in an impressive win, 25 to 14.
The applicants were examined by the Boston Board under the chairmanship of James Phinney Baxter, President of Williams and former Master of Adams House. All Board members except the chairman are required to be former Rhodes Scholarship holders.