Word: finished
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Columbia race when the Harvard boat had three or four inches of water in it when it reached the bridge, has prevented Captain Clark's outfit from getting a fair trail under average conditions. During the past week Whiteside has been endeavoring to remedy the washing out or light finish which appeared to be one of the main faults in the Columbia race. The crew is in fine condition, with divisional over, and with good water should be able to perform creditably in what will be an exceptional regatta...
...think Brevity will win the Derby," growled Colonel Edward Riley Bradley, four-time Kentucky Derby winner, watching his two entries finish a disappointing workout at Churchill Downs one day last week. Thousands of other people thought so too. In the Florida Derby last March, Joseph E. Widener's bay colt of doubtful paternity* had equaled the world record for a mile and a furlong. Of the six races Brevity had entered, he had won five. With a winter's training in Florida behind him, the handsome three-year-old was in perfect trim...
Birthday, Poet Edwin ("The Man with the Hoe") Markham: 84. Said he to Princeton University's English Department, his birthday hosts: "When you finish a good poem, you must be able to say 'ah,' as though you were hit in the solar plexus...
No.1 track thrill for the 18,000 spectators was furnished by Kansan Glenn Cunningham. Apparently rejuvenated, after a disappointing indoor season, Miler Cunningham in a special race cagily let two capable competitors set the pace, unleashed a terrific spurt at the finish to set a new U. S. outdoor record...
...start of the 440-yd. race. Passing the baton with precision, No. 2 (Beverly Rockhold) and No. 3 (Charles Gruneisen) held the lead. At the final touch-off Texas' anchor-man (Harvey Wallender) had a five-yard start over Temple's Eulace Peacock. Fifteen yards from the finish Negro Peacock suddenly leaped into the air, broke his stride, hopscotched over the line in agony with a pulled muscle. But the Texans deserved their victory. Time was 0:41.1, a half-second better than the meet record. Next day the same foursome, together since freshman year, smashed...