Word: bets
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...tooled leather and silver saddle (worth $800) awarded in Denver last week. His winnings so far this season total $2,556, more than $1,000 ahead of his closest competitor on the rodeo circuit. But Wegner's traveling expenses alone run to $12,000 a year, and he bets on himself to make ends meet. "I went up to Omak, Wash.," he says, "and this outfit had a bull they said had never been ridden. I bet 'em a thousand bucks that I could ride him. I put up half, and a friend put up the rest...
First discovered by Clampett, who shared his secret with ten close friends back home, the formula has been carefully explained in a soon-to-be-published book. Its title, naturally, is How to Beat the Bandits. Clampett & Co. expect to get richer still on royalties, and are coppering their bet by making a round-the-world tour, beating bandits and fattening the market for their book...
Over the past ten years, the number of tracks has grown to 32 in seven states,* attendance has climbed 40% to 10 million a year, and the pari-mutuel handle is expected to top $500 million in 1965. At least half of that will be bet in Florida, where 16 tracks (four in Miami alone) outdraw the horses by a margin of 2 to 1. Florida dogmen classify their sport as "nighttime entertainment." The big tracks run eleven 5/16-mile to 9/16-mile races an evening (purses: up to $80,000), provide extras like free parking, bar service, "lead-outs" in white...
CHARLIE: Yeah. It feels great to work up a good healthy sweat once in a while. Bet my legs'll be sore tonight. Say, have you gotten any mail from the reunion committee? Seems like it's about time we were hearing from them...
NANCY: Hi, fellows. You keeping in shape, too? Squash is a great game. It feels great to work up a good healthy sweat once in a while. Bet my legs'll be sore tonight. Say, are you going to support my candidacy for the vacancy on the board of overseers...