Word: ben
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...have been family-owned for generations. Adjoining them is Elmendorf Farm, an important breeding establishment since 1871. Sprawling over 500 hilly acres, through woods and along North Elkhorn Creek, the present-day Elmendorf is the heart of what was once a vast 9,800-acre tract owned by James Ben Ali Haggin, fabulous copper baron. A farm of such scope could not exist in tax-ridden 1952, but most Lexington breeders are content to stress quality-and hope that the racing boom lasts forever...
They packed them into the Stadium that fall day back in 1929. There were 57,000 in all, more than ever before. They were waiting to see Harvard's first All-American since '23, a raw-boned center named in Ben Ticknor. And they were waiting to see the beginning of one of the most colorful stories in the local gridiron history, the memorable battle between Barry Wood and little Albie Booth...
Second baseman Henry Young, who got four of the Crimson's eight hits, drive in Bennie Akillian with the game's first run, late in the second inning. Ralph Robinson's triple scored Ben Smith in the third and Robinson scored himself on a long fly by Russ Johnson, while a combination of two Husky errors and two Harvard hits in the fourth went for three runs, and a 6 to 0 Crimson lead...
...London, which has six times the population. It had, reputedly, the toughest army in the Middle East. Smartly outfitted Israeli WACs (Chens) and soldiers paraded past the reviewing stand in Tel Aviv and snapped salutes to Israel's triumvirate: stocky Acting President Joseph Sprinzak, shockheaded Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, and 35-year-old Yigal Yadin, army chief of staff. In their wake rattled 42 U.S.-built Sherman tanks and 60 British-built half-tracks, while overhead flew three Flying Fortresses and squadrons of Spitfires, Mosquitos and Da-iotas. (Only four years ago, Jerusalem's one mortar...
Calumet Farm and Trainer Ben Jones are hard to beat any time; when Jockey Eddie Arcaro teams up with them, the combination is usually unbeatable. At Churchill Downs last week, they warmed up for the Kentucky Derby by taking the Derby Trial, worth $8,775 to the winner, the Kentucky Oaks ($23,100), and the Debutante Stakes ($11,125). Then they waltzed home with the $96,300 grand prize. The winner: Calumet's Hill Gail...