Word: brooking
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Mooching quietly about in those backwoods sections, he might have been a detective looking for moonshiners. But his quarry was far more elusive than that. He was looking for, and asking for, and prepared to pay for, the right to catch−brook trout...
Americans owned eleven of the horses which made the first charge. Among them was the favorite, Easter Hero, 9 to 1, from the stable of John Hay ("Jock") Whitney. Easter Hero carried 175 pounds. Shortly after the start he swung gracefully into the lead. Over Becher's Brook, over Valentine's Brook, around the treacherous canal turn he swung, taking the leaps with daring ease. On and on to what seemed to be sure victory. But the turf was soggy from two days of rain. The field crept closer and closer. At the last hedge but one, Easter...
...several hands before being bought by Mr. Bruce. He had such an unpleasant temper that starters almost barred him. This, perhaps as much as anything, led Mr. Bruce to try him at jumping. He was a success from the start and won the Maryland Grand National twice, the Meadow Brook Cup. the Maryland Hunt Cup and the Manor Cup. When he was first taken to England, Albert Ober rode him but, after three defeats, he asked to be relieved and Cullinan, a smart little Irish professional, was engaged. Last year's tragedy was a double one for Cullinan...
FOOTNOTE>*Drawn by Artist Paul Brown after studies from the life at Becher's Brook...
...Reverend Joseph Fort Newton, Rector of the Memorial Church of St. Paul, Over brook, Pennsylvania, will conduct the services at 8.45 o'clock this morning...