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Word: askmenow (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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This year the Count's behavior has improved. So far he has had no romantic notions-as he did in last fall's Belmont Futurity when he took a shine to a filly named Askmenow and refused to pass her in the stretch. But he still refuses to be bullied. He makes his own decisions during a race, diving into narrow openings that would stump a less self-possessed, less determined horse. Each race he takes in stride, even eats an enormous meal immediately afterward - a rarity for a highstrung thoroughbred...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Count of Stoner Creek | 4/26/1943 | See Source »

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