Word: cameronian
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. John Arthur Dewar. 63, British sportsman and whisky distiller (Dewar's White Label); of a heart ailment; in Montecatini, Italy. Heir to a $5,000,000 fortune and a famous thoroughbred stable at 38, "Lucky" Dewar hit the headlines in 1931 when his horse Cameronian won the first two legs (the Two Thousand Guineas at Newmarket, the Epsom Derby) on Britain's Triple Crown, missed pulling off a rare coup when Cameronian ran a dismal last in the St. Leger...