Word: colt
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...cowboy, and that's saying everything. If he had been born in Europe, he wouldn't have stayed but gone to Africa to hunt water buffaloes or to America to search for gold. But born in the land of the ranch and the Colt, he shot his way up to sheriff. He's a legionnaire, a regular army non-com who earns his stripes, one after the other. He makes me think of Bernadotte [the French marshal who became King Charles XIV of Sweden], a sergeant who's been crowned. An efficient man without any style...
...with torn ligaments in his right knee. Having just recovered from a similar injury to his left knee, he was so gloomy that he was threatening to quit football. A wrecked knee cartilage has also sidelined New York Jets Emerson Boozer and Matt Snell; a dislocated shoulder stopped Baltimore Colt End Raymond Berry; broken bones have benched Giant Tackle Jim Moran and Clem Daniels, top rusher of the A.F.L.-leading Oakland Raiders. Kansas City Linebacker E. J. Holub, a veteran of seven previous knee operations faces surgery again-this time for a torn hamstring muscle...
...sometimes loses races. Favored at 17-10 odds in the Kentucky Derby, he was already sweating before the start, folded in the stretch, and wound up third. To keep him calm in the stable, Trainer Frank Whiteley has now put a radio in his stall; Whiteley also dips the colt's protective leg bandages in a peppery solution to stop him from chewing on them. And to ease pre-race jitters, Damascus is usually the last to enter the track, parades to the post in the soothing company of an old lead pony called Duffy...
...best running off the pace, then comes on strong in the stretch. The one problem is to prevent him from loafing a bit once he gets out in front. "You have to keep after Damascus, and when you do, no horse can beat him." says Shoemaker. "This colt is as good as any I've ever ridden...
...stretch and blocked three other horses. Advocator won by 1¼ lengths, but was disqualified by the stewards-costing Owner Rice $54,405. Two weeks ago, Ycaza earned another 15-day suspension from New Jersey stewards for rough riding aboard William L. McKnight's three-year-old colt, Dr. Fager, in the $119,200 Jersey Derby at Garden State Park. Going into the first turn, he dropped in sharply, cutting off his competitors and forcing one into the infield rail. Dr. Fager coasted across the finish line 6 and a half lengths in front, only to be placed fourth...