Word: handicaps
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Times" system will be somewhat complicated by the well-known moving electric sign which runs across the face of their building, and disappears, never to be seen again, somewhere in the general direction of 42nd Street. For slower readers this proves an insurmountable handicap, and men who have missed more than half the dispatch have also been known to disappear in the general direction of 42nd Street...
...race. They also provided the prize sound effects of the day, making it sound like a real motor race. The opinion has been expressed that we should do as is generally done in Europe by providing a separate class for tiny engines or by giving them some sort of handicap...
...only the cheapest kind of plater but, apparently, superannuated and a cripple. Rejuvenated, and converted from a steeplechaser into a flat racer by his new owner, he won eleven out of his next 13 starts. Last week Action had earned $22,685, was a leader in the handicap division, racing's highest...
With the exception of some good fight scenes, the whole thing is rather soggy, filled with trite lines and crude humor. Miss Davies does prove, however, that her day, if she over had one, is definitely over. Working under a tremendous handicap, Clark Gable does the best...
Because of their dismal showing in the Holy Cross meet two weeks ago and their failure to show any great improvement in the handicap meet last week, the Crimson harriers can not be rated as top heavy favorites, especially since the New Hampshire contingent is usually strong enough to carry a decided threat to Harvard. Little trouble is expected from Dartmouth...