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...sheepishly realized that the shoes have spikes. Johnson's only real competition in the 400, world-record holder Butch Reynolds, pulled a hamstring in his semifinal, so the thrill of the final lay in the widening distance between Johnson and his rivals--it was like watching Secretariat in the Belmont. Unpressed, he won his 55th straight 400 in 43.39, an Olympic record just 0.2 sec. off Reynolds' world standard. "I'll get that record eventually," said Johnson, pulling on a T shirt that read DANGER ZONE. "But now I think about the 200. Danger Zone--that's where I have...
Trumbull was a candidate to represent the state's 8th Congressional District at the convention. But he tied for the third and final alternate spot with William Monahan, chair of the board of selectmen in Belmont...
Since Monahan is an elected official and Trumbull is simply a party activist, state party leaders gave the nod to the Belmont resident...
...California last July, Cigar was hit in the head by a huge clod of dirt, and Bailey needed all his strength to hold back the horse before letting him go on to an easy victory. Cigar's folk-hero status was further enhanced after the Woodward Stakes at Belmont in September, when a cigar-smoking Jack Nicholson met him in the winner's circle. Cigar's final victory in '95 came in the Breeders' Cup Classic at Belmont on Oct. 28. As the horse headed home, the track announcer shouted, "Here he comes! The incomparable, the invincible, the unbeatable Cigar...
...weeks after that race, Bailey stopped by Mott's barn at Belmont, and the trainer asked him to get up on Cigar one more time, just to walk him around shed row for a few minutes. Says Mott: "I sort of wanted the two of them to savor their year together. None of us--not me, not Jerry, not Mr. Paulson--may ever be part of something so special and wonderful again...