Word: finish
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...born Jockey Ted ("Slasher") Atkinson had whipped his way home with the winner almost more times than he could remember; had won more than $6,000,000 in purses for his employers. But unlike his rival, banana-nosed Jockey Eddie Arcaro, Ted Atkinson had never been first at the finish in a big race like the Kentucky Derby or the Preakness...
...went to the whip and drove into the lead. Atkinson no longer had to worry about groggy Noble Impulse, but Eddie Arcaro, aboard Palestinian, had slipped through a hole on the bend. For the last 100 yards, the two were "on their bellies" with whips slashing in a photo finish...
...right, folks," said Mr. Summers. "Let's finish quickly." By now Tessie Hutchinson was in the middle of a cleared space; she held her hands out desperately, but the villagers moved in. Old Man Warner kept saying, "Come on, come on, everyone." Mrs. Hutchinson screamed, "It isn't fair," but soon the crowd was upon her. A stone hit her on the head. Other stones came hurtling through...
...titanic tilt, a fight to the finish, a grueling...
...jayvees were clocked in 6:50.9, and Princeton finished in 6:58.3. From there down the order of finish was Yale, Navy...