Word: barriers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Zuider Zee. As far as written history records, the Zuider Zee of the Netherlands was until 1395 a fresh-water lake. In that year the ocean broke through the barrier of dunes. Hence Amsterdam is a seaport. Lately, however, the Dutch have started an 8-year project to build 18 miles of main dykes 450 ft. wide, 25 ft. above Amsterdam's level to lock in the Zuider Zee. By 1952 swamps will be reclaimed, almost 1,000,000 acres of land reclaimed, and the Zuider Zee made again into an inland lake...
...imperial princesses of his line they owe the foreign alliances which for centuries secured their independence. But to the topography of their country they owe most. This plateau, sloping to the southeastern angle of the Black Sea, is cut off from the rest of Asia Minor by a barrier of rugged mountains, blessing it with political and climatic isolation. Rarely above 88° in summer or below 10° in winter, the weather, humid, temperate, contrasts with that of not distant inland regions where great extremes of heat and cold are common...
...during his regency until he began to put on too much weight, rode his thoroughbreds against gentlemen who knew him too well not to pull their mounts when they galloped into the stretch. Last week, for the first time in a century, a prince of England rode to the barrier for a regular race,* the Wallop Selling Plate, one mile, for amateur jockeys...
...Duke of Gloucester, Captain of the loth Hussars, who is the king's third son, Prince Henry, paraded to the barrier on Jehu,† a tall gelding which belonged to his friend, Capt. E. A. Elgee. A fairly large gallery cheered when the Hussar Duke got off to a clever start. Coming into the stretch, he was a length and a half behind Aquilon, last year's winner. The Hussar Duke urged his horse, stooping in his stirrups, but Jehu was tired. Aquilon finished first, Mr. Polly second, Jehu third. Bookmakers made money, but several of the Duke...
...horses-Distraction, Bonivan, Bobashela, Toro. Some liked outsiders-Petee Wrack at 20 to 1, Rumplestiltskin, Sun Beau. Some liked the English colt, Strolling Player. Many thought that Misstep was just as good as Reigh Count and maybe better. Finally when the 22 starters paraded to the barrier, and were sent off, some people yelled, some wept, and some turned pale. "Misstep!" they shouted. "Reigh Count...