Word: bets
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...cannot win. It was a sad thing that happened, last week, at Laurel, Md. There Epinard was running ; the race, the Laurel Stakes; the distance, one mile; the prize, $10,000. He was a favorite among favorites, "for," said the lean men who ride horses, the fat men who bet on them...
With Harvard facing Dartmouth, Princeton battling Notre Dame, and Yale opposing Brown, it is a good bet that at least one of the Big Three will go down to defeat this afternoon. All three of the trio are due to have a troublesome two hours before sunset...
...Presidential elections are not horse races; it is not absolutely essential to bet on the winner. It seems strange that I should have to call this to your attention because you seem able to distinguish differences between the Republican and Democratic Parties. To find these delicate disharmonies would seem to require discrimination of a high order, and I should have supposed that this ability could be applied in other fields...
...first time on record, the Bull Man boasted he would win. More important-for he is notoriously pinch-pocketed-Firpo offered to bet he would win in 10 rounds...
...When the World passed its 100,000 mark every employe received a silk hat with Mr. Pulitzer's best wishes. He usually closed all argument with a bet when the talk grew too strenuous, and the wager took the form of a hat-fre- quently five hats...