Word: finish
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Beam. In Omaha, John Staskiewicz, suing Ak-Sar-Ben race-track officials, charged that the beam of light from the electric camera at the finish line caused the horse he was backing to bolt, lose the lead and finish third...
...course, forgets the day in 1930 when The MacNab won the Royal Hunt Cup. There was The MacNab, pounding toward the finish in a howling thunderstorm, when a flash of lightning struck and killed a prominent bookmaker...
...over the New London course, have imitated Curwen's (and Coach Tom Bolles') rowing style this year, abandoning their high stroking style of previous seasons. Both crews will probably row most of the race at a 30 to 31 beat, although Yale will force it up higher for the finish...
...style of rowing. It depends on a low stroke rate with a maximum of power. In fact, Bill Curwen, Harvard's stroke, maintains the lowest rate in the east today, varying it very little from 31 except at the racing start of the race and the sprint at the finish...
...when he thought he had the Kentucky Derby won last month. As sometimes happens to slow beginners, Ponder had gotten mousetrapped down on the rail. When he worked free he put on a run that brought the crowd of 40,421 up on tiptoe. But 20 yards from the finish, Atkinson "turned his stick" and relaxed; Capot nailed the $60,900 prize by half a length. Added to his victory in the Preakness, the Belmont copper-riveted his claim to 1949's three-year-old championship...