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This jump in training gives the Tigers the edge in all of today's encounters, but Bolles-coached crews can never be called the underdog. The Crimson was on the river earlier this season than at any time in the last decade, which is no handicap at this stage of the season...

Author: By Bayard Hooper, | Title: Crew Faces Princeton, Rutgers, MIT in Opener | 4/23/1949 | See Source »

...polo jargon, one notch short of perfect. For handicap purposes, rated players are graded each year by the polo association of each country on the basis of all-round performance, from zero goals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Four Old Horsemen | 4/18/1949 | See Source »

This despite the fact that Curwen's shell overcame a length handicap to finish two lengths ahead of his contenders over the racing distance last Tuesday...

Author: By Bayard Hooper, | Title: Lining Them Up | 4/15/1949 | See Source »

Today's card features five claiming races, two $1400 purses, and The Inaugural Handicap worth a tidy $2500. A sleek filly named Lawless Miss is favored to cop the branny feedbag and present the above-mentioned tidy sum to lucky G. Y. Booker. She is a homobred daughter of Gallahadion...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Egg In Your Beer | 3/26/1949 | See Source »

Those who know, are pretty well agreed on Lawless Miss, which brings to mind the story of two railbirds at Lincoln for The Inaugural Handicap...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Egg In Your Beer | 3/26/1949 | See Source »

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