Word: flemington
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Colonus, a 25-to-1 shot ridden by a 17-year-old jockey: the Melbourne Cup, Australia's No. 1 horse race; finishing seven lengths ahead of Phocion and Heart's Desire, both 50-to-1 shots; at Flemington, near Melbourne, Australia. It was the widest walkaway in 70 years, the slowest race (3:33¼ for two miles) in 50 years. Instead of the usual gold cup, Colonus' owner received $650 in war bonds...
...prove he was eligible for release from the Army because he was past 28, Draftee William L. Marks sent home to Flemington, W.Va. for his birth certificate. Last week Private Bill got the certificate and some new intelligence about himself. He was not under 35, as he had supposed, but 38. He had not been eligible for the draft in the first place...