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Word: airgead (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...small Irish jumper, Sir Francis Towle's Airgead Sios, raced ahead of the field at the start. Jump after jump he took beautifully until the tenth fence, just beyond Valentine's Brook, there he fell and threw his jockey. Delachance, the American favorite, swept into the lead, was still pacing the pack over the water jump before the grandstand, when Rock Lad, only Canadian-owned horse in the race, fell. He crawled out with a broken back. An ambulance drove out on the track to destroy him and remove his body, as Delachance led 18 survivors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: 11-Year-Old Stallion | 4/4/1938 | See Source »

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