Word: handicaps
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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This second fact is important because it shows when drivers are told they have a certain handicap, they automatically compensate for it by extra caution, even without special practice or training, according to the report...
Last week's important handicap changes...
...Upped Texas Cowboy Cecil Smith from a nine to a ten-goal (highest possible) handicap. Other ten-goalers: Tommy Hitchcock Jr., Stewart Iglehart...
...from January1 to December 31. During the current season, the two biggest money-winning U. S. race horses have been three-year-old War Admiral, undefeated in eight starts, including the so-called triple crown (Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes), and four-year-old Seabiscuit, champion of the handicap division. Horse-race followers would have liked to see a match between them, but, failing that, were interested to see which would win most money for their respective owners, Samuel D. Riddle and Charles S. Howard. Twice this season War Admiral and Seabiscuit have displaced each other as leading money...
...days later Seabiscuit, about $9,000 behind War Admiral, came from behind to win the Riggs Handicap at the same track, and the race was over. Seabiscuit was the winner...