Word: corbin
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...luck that saved Bill from the steel mills still held when he got to Charles Town. He was hired by Norman ("Junie") Corbin. a shrewd trainer, a wise and patient teacher, and probably the ideal man to bring Bill along. Hawkfaced Junie Corbin needed an exercise boy to work horses, muck out the stables and clean tack, and Bill was glad...
Hartack's introduction to racing might have unnerved a less cocky boy. His first time on the track, he saw five horses fall in a frightening pileup. "Jocks were lying all over the place," he recalls. Corbin talked fast to assure the boy that such accidents were rare, and a few days later he conned Bill into climbing aboard a horse. First, the beast tried to run away with its helpless rider, and Willie just managed to hang on. Next time, says Corbin, "the horse went down on its knees and Bill slid onto its head. He just sat there...
...week after he came, I knew he had it," says Corbin. "I could tell from his nerves and those strong hands. Tell him something once and he'd learn...
Professor Arthur Corbin of Yale called Hand "the best we've got" and felt that he would serve with great credit. Professor Boris Bittker called the suggestion "marvelous," while a spokesman for the Yale Law School was "all for honoring Judge Hand in every...
Bittker called Hastie "a good choice," while Rodell admitted that he "would be better than some." Corbin maintained, however, that "the fact that he is black is not a reason to appoint him," and added that if Hastie were selected, "he would be put on as a political measure...