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...grew to 4 ft. 11 in. and 98 lbs.--small even for a jockey. With his gentle, almost motionless style, he had a unique rapport with his horses and, said trainer Charlie Wittingham, "bothered a horse less than any other rider." In 41 years he won 11 Triple Crown events and an impressive 22% of his races overall. In 1986, aboard Ferdinand, he became the oldest jockey to win the Kentucky Derby. A year after giving up riding in 1990, he was paralyzed in a car accident, yet within months he was back, training horses from his wheelchair and earning...
Although the Tigers rarely contend for the Ivy League crown, they can always be counted upon to hang tough with the Crimson for all four quarters. This year was no exception, especially with offensive mainstay junior quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick still out with a broken hand. A 49-yard run from Princeton tailback Jon Veach with 8:53 left in the first quarter put the Tigers up a quick 7-0 and made it clear that Princeton was not about to be a pushover. It marked the first time this season that Harvard had not scored first...
...fact that the underlying land of the estate remains in the hands of the crown shows that while the Harvard Management Company’s expansion of its $1.2 billion worldwide investments in timberland is welcomed, it is by no means intended that actual New Zealand land should be sold off to international companies or private bidders in large quantities,” Schweder wrote in an e-mail...
...victory on Saturday, meanwhile, assures Princeton of at least a share of the Ivy crown, and the Tigers only need to beat Penn on Nov. 7 to clinch the outright title...
...loss was Harvard’s first in Ivy League play, crippling its title chances. Penn ended up tying for the league crown with Dartmouth...