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Dick Francis, 60, says deadpan that his debut as a professional jockey came at the age of five, when an older brother bet him sixpence that he couldn't take their Welsh pony over a hedge while sitting backward in the saddle. After five falls, daring Dick collected. The steeplechase riders he has written about in 21 novels have a lot in common with the young Francis. They are dogged, not necessarily the best, but decent and vulnerable; they eat a lot of mud and get mauled frequently and badly. But they do collect: the bruises, the booty...
...collect about $100,000 a year; it's an important source of revenue, certainly worth the while," Teso said...
Third baseman Pat Horne, the only player to collect more than one hit, went two-for-two, knocked in three runs, and raised her batting average to an awesome...
...McFeely takes pains to show, Grant was no war lover. At Cold Harbor, it was Robert E. Lee who used his sharpshooters to pin down any movement on the battlefield, and Grant who pleaded with him for a chance to collect the wounded. Eleven years later, in 1875, when a new rebellion threatened to break out in Mississippi, Grant refused to commit federal troops lest a new war begin...
...people that we can play ball and win." n Ippolito said. "Brown who we beat this weekend made us a bet on Saturday that if we bet Yale that they would take us all to Steve"s for ice cream next time we play them-we aim to collect on lur debts," she said...