Word: finish
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Brainard himself could remember nothing after the middle of the last lap, when he recalled thinking he would be unable to finish. He admitted he was not in shape for such an undertaking, but has had no after-effects...
Investors in equine enterprise often use the term boat race to suggest certainly of outcome. In Star Class boat racing, however, the issue is always in doubt until the finish line, and that's why Hilary H. Smart '47 of Dunster House may be representing the U. S. in Olympic sailing this summer...
Thus, Lloyd Harper's Jayvee crew winds up its campaign with ten wins, a loss, and a tie while the Freshmen, under Warren Berg, finish with two wins, seven losses, and four ties...
...wasn't a very pleasant weekend for the Crimson. Captain Frank Gurley, moving up in the last 20 yards of his 880 heat, was hit from two sides and knocked down. He didn't finish...
Arcaro showed all these qualities one day last February at Santa Anita, aboard an iron-grey stallion named Talon. He was last going into the far turn, with 17 horses ahead of him. He whipped and drove the horse through holes that looked impassable. Then, with a spectacular finish, he won the $50,000 San Antonio Handicap. The next day, watching a newsreel of the race, Arcaro shivered at the chances he had taken...