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They were almost at the mile now; it was time for the lightning bay to make his bid. But what was this? Another colt, far back in the ruck, had begun to gain with an effortless, terrific stride, two jumps to one. Nobody could see the jockey's colors. Was this one of the unknowns - Light Carbine, Roy crofter? They came around the last corner into the homestretch; the strange horse wore E. R. Bradley's silks - he was Bagen-baggage, running-mate of Bubbling Over. Mr. W. R. Coe looked out, ashen-faced, from his box; Pompey...
...weather uncomfortable for Notre Dame's new machine. Rain oiled its cogs, greased its poles. Inevitably, the team that went into action lacked the rhythm of Knute Rockne's 1924 champions, but few predictions of what it may become in the next few weeks could be based on its effortless, slipshod, 41-0 victory over Baylor University of Waco...
...Croyden, England, to the order of Mr. Rockefeller, who designed it as a memorial to his mother, There is no tawdry arrangement for electrical ringing. The carilloneur must strike every note by a pull on the keyboard lever. Sweat poured from Mr. Breess's forehead as the seemingly effortless notes tripped out of the tower and careered away into the bright morning: "Abide with Me," Schuman's "Traumerei," "Hark, Hark, My Soul," "Song Without Words." He was proud for he played the greatest carillon in the world. But the burghers of Park Avenue, dreaming of a thousand empty...
Milder minds who crave effortless amusement for August evenings are commended to Chariot's Revue, Keep Kool, Kid Boots, Innocent Eyes...
...country grind. The sweltering crowd roared greeting to the 39 who pawed the mark, then settled back to wonder how the 39 could possibly endure such searing heat. Out of the Stadium went the runners, to dusty roads, to sunbaked fields. Half an hour later Nurmi's lithe effortless figure came through the Marathon Gate, followed shortly by the indefatigable Ritola and by Earl Johnson (stalwart U. S. Negro), by a sun-stricken, staggering, vomiting, fainting rabble. Only 15 of the 39 finished. Just outside the Stadium many lay prostrate, nigh dead, in a hollow by some tennis courts...