Word: caplining
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...Sinderens collect ribbon after ribbon in the harness classes. With boredom they watched the saddle horses step around the ring, exhibiting their three gaits, their five gaits, over & over. But when the jumpers came out, the crowd showed some interest. This was what Prizefight Managers Mushky Jackson and Hymie Caplin had come...
Last week, 23-year-old Lew Jenkins-thanks to his go-getting manager, Hymie Caplin-found himself in Madison Square Garden, challenging Lou Ambers for the world's lightweight championship. To the crowd of 14,000, the scrawny, wild-haired Texan looked more like a Broadway panhandler than a challenger for Pugilism's next-to-most-important title. Ringsiders gave him no more than a 3-to-1 chance against skillful, durable, ring-wise Lou Ambers...