Word: furlongs
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...bucks and princes always end, and in a country once upon a time they ended just at high noon on a hot summer's Monday. Flanked by her manservant, the Headmistress scrutinized the running pack with interest; the bucks and princes finished their limbering-up, and the twenty-furlong course was over. The last young buck, completing the last sandy pace, turned round to face the Headmistress, the full weight of his years of turbulent growth marked on his questioning face. His lips moved silently, but the Headmistress well knew what inquiry he was framing. She looked...
...horses pounded down the homestretch, Parisian Maurice Luca was certain that he had picked a winning tierce.* France's noted jockey, Roger Poincelet, had whipped Scallywag−one of Luca's betting choices−into third place, and there was barely a furlong left to go. Suddenly Poincelet eased up, and so did the horse. Scallywag finished out of the money. Track stewards suspended Poincelet for his disappointing efforts, but Luca had his own disciplinary ideas. He sued the jockey for $20,000, the amount he stood to collect had Scallywag placed at least third...
...disappointment was the failure of the two Pennsylvanian runners even to enter the race officially. It was reported Sunday that the two-Rick Furlong and Cha Hwan Kovitch-had arrived in Cambridge with every intention of running. But yesterday. Jock Semple revealed that they had never entered...
...Monday's a big day of classes down here at Penn." Furlong explained last night by telephone, "and besides, we don't enjoy making fools of ourselves any more than the next guy. We're gird we stayed in Philadelphia...
...kill the CRIMSON, and we don't expect any problems," Furlong said yesterday. "Those boys may be better writers, but we at the DP are better marathoners. I guarantee...