Word: cinders
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Dowager Queen Maria had given birth to a son, six months after the death of her husband. No longer was little Maria Queen; Alfonso XIII, a baby not yet in swaddling clothes, had in theory become King from the minute of his birth. Madrid was burned to a cinder in a great fire of enthusiasm; and the conflagration spread rapidly to the provinces...
...grooms and squires alike for his skill at point-to-point riding. He played polo until injured in 1911, when his pony stepped in a mole-hole, and severely threw him. As a Harvard sprinter in the early 70's, he introduced the wearing of steel spikes in cinder track meets...
That the Stadium will be completely filled next Saturday for the Holy Cross game seems a safe prediction according to reports received from the Harvard Athletic Association. The temporary wooden seats around the horseshoe, covering the space of the cinder track, will be ready for use next Saturday. Never before has this provision for an overflow crowd been made so early in the season...
...bugle call, Epinard stepped daintily forth upon the cinder track, followed by his eight opponents in International Special No. 1, a race of six furlongs. Came Zev, conqueror of the English Papyrus in 1923, tossing his head, spirited. Came Ladkin, fleet racer of Maj. August Belmont. Came Wise Counsellor, Snob II, Baffling, Wilderness, Goshawk, Miss Star...
...pistol cracked. Fleet forms sped down the cinder lanes. The Games were...