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...trainer had never handled a Derby horse before, and 3) his jockey had never ridden in the Derby. In a sport as unpredictable as horse racing, three strikes do not automatically mean an out. Trainer Henry Forrest and Jockey Don Brumfield were both native Kentuckians, and they were also old hands at Churchill Downs-whose extra-fast surface and extra-long stretch (1,2341 feet) make it one of the trickiest tracks...
...Forrest-Brumfield strategy was simple: take the lead and stay there. "When you're in front," said Brumfield, "the other horses have to cover the ground you've already been over." Going into the first turn of the H-mile race, Kauai King had a two-length lead which he widened to as much as four lengths in the backstretch. Abe's Hope, second choice of the bettors at 3-1, was hopelessly outrun. One by one, Kauai King's other challengers made their moves. Braulio Baeza rushed Stupendous up along the rail; Earlie Fires ranged...
...Baez 7-2 4. Rehabilitate, Turcotte 20-1 5. Advocator, Sellers 12-1 6. Dominar, Harmatz 20-1 7. Fleet Shoe, Gilligan 20-1 8. Exhibitionist, Belmonte 15-1 9. Beau Sub, Parrott 20-1 10. Sky Guy, Adams 20-1 11. Tragniew, Pierce 10-1 12. Kauai King, Brumfield 7-2 13. Abe's Hope, Shoemaker 5-2 14. Sean E. Indian, Fires 20-1 15. Quinta, Kallai 20-1 16. Wileston Kid, Stevenson...
...Harvard seniors are: Richard M. Blau, Jacob R. Brackman, Peter M. Briggs, Gregory Brumfield, James C. Burrows, James T. Campen, Eric G. Chipman, John D. Fay, Alan Gilbert, Lenn E. Goodman, Stephen H. Goodwin, Robert J. Gorden, Anthony Graham-White, James E. Haber, Harry T. Hunt, David J. Israel, Richard Jacobson, Dewitt H. John Jr., David S. Kershaw, James R. King, Elliot M. Klein, David M. Kotz, Robert M. Leonhardt, and James I. Lepowsky...
...words of Judge Brumfield, who sentenced us, we are "cold claculators" who design to disrupt the racial harmony (harmonious since 1619) of McComb into racial strife and rioting; we, he said, are the leaders who are causing young children to be led like sheep to the pen to be slaughtered (in a legal manner). "Robert" he was addressing me, "haven't some of the people from your school been able to go down and register without violence in Pike Country?" I thought to myself that Southerners are most exposed when they boast...