Word: handicaped
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...stiff wind made the Thanies unusually choppy today and to a large extent accounts for the slow time of 23 minutes made by the Elis. They rowed the course downstream, and although this gave them a favoring tide it was not sufficient to counteract the handicap of the head wind...
...three periods soon after the opening of the practice Myopia kept its strongest combination intact, giving the Crimson riders a five point handicap. During these three periods the University team scored another goal while the Myopia four made seven tallies to make a total 7 to 6 score...
Through mud, rain and wind Jockey Linus ("Pony") McAtee guided the five-year-old gelding, Millwick, at Belmont Park, N. Y., in last week's Hempstead Handicap race. Millwick was not traveling very fast, but the spectators had a feeling that he would win. They had confidence in famed Jockey McAtee. He had ridden Harry Payne Whitney's Whiskery to victory the fortnight before in the Kentucky Derby...
...resigning polo captain is rated as one of the strongest college players in the country. Captain Winston Guest of Yale being the only player having a higher outdoor handicap. Pinkerton played on the University team as a Freshman, when first-year men were permitted to play, and was elected leader of the trio the following year. He has led every team since then, and in 1925 captained the outfit to its intercollegiate title...
White was chosen along with Pinkerton last year on the mythical "all-college" team. His handicap was recently raised from two to three goals...