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Word: gaver (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...pace stride for stride for ⅞ of a mile until the 1-to-10 favorite cracked. Most bettors thought it was a fluke; Coaltown had set a new world record for the mile, had tied the 1⅛-and 1¼-mile records. But many horsemen suspected that John Gaver, Capot's trainer, had discovered Coaltown's weakness: a horse that could stay with him could beat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Horse of the Year | 11/7/1949 | See Source »

Second Choice. Gaver thought so too. What he didn't want to do was to run Capot in the Special against a Calumet entry of Coaltown and Ponder-with Coaltown setting a murderous pace and Ponder coming from behind in the stretch. By threatening to keep his horse in the barn, Gaver forestalled that possibility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Horse of the Year | 11/7/1949 | See Source »

...long-shot punters, the race was a bonanza. Those who had played the field got $32.80 for $2. Those who picked Best Seller to finish second got $53.20. It was also a great day for handsome John Gaver, Mrs. Whitney's college-bred trainer, who got a $5,000 bonus for saddling the winner. Gaver had had no intention of starting The Rhymer in such fast company. But when Samuel Riddle's War Relic was scratched the day before the race, leaving Jockey Eddie Arcaro without a mount, Gaver decided to take a chance. "It goes to show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: 15 to I | 3/16/1942 | See Source »

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