Word: belmont
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...final hedges of the $50,000 Temple Gwathmey, the richest steeplechase in the world. Then, as if he were tired of company, a steel-muscled brute named Neji shouldered his all-but-impossible impost of 173 lbs., sailed over the last jump like a larking colt, sprinted down the Belmont stretch and won by seven lengths...
...After running in the money nine times at Belmont's beautiful horse park but never winning a race, Mrs. Jan Burke's brown horse Dedicate went to the post for one more effort. Lugging rough-riding Willie Hartack for the first time, Dedicate lay back and saved ground all the way to the stretch in the $106,100 Woodward Stakes, then came on along the rail to drive home briskly and beat both Gallant Man and Bold Ruler-a pair of thoroughbreds that were theoretically fighting it out for the title, Horse of the Year. On the same...
...Belmont, Calif...
Left-hander Joseph Kenary will take the mound for the Yardlings for the first time today when the freshman nine faces Belmont Hill School. Coach Adolph Samborkski's squad will be hoping to better its 3-5 season record...
Henry Herbert "Bert" Haines, 78, a Crimson rowing coach for 32 years until his retirement in 1952, died yesterday in Belmont after a brief illness...