Word: handicaps
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...father-but Stymie's greatgrandfather on both sides of the family was Man o' War. When he ran three years ago in a $1,500 claiming race, Stymie sank about as low as bigtime race horses can sink. Last week, by galloping home in the Gallant Fox Handicap at Jamaica, Long Island, Stymie became the second horse in history to earn more than a half-million dollars...
...Baker's handicap has not prevented her from marrying twice or making good as a newspaper reporter, pressagent (for Chicago's Century of Progress), teacher, editor. She observes cheerfully that, besides being an asset in making friends, one-leggedness has many minor compensations: e.g., a pair of nylons lasts twice as long...
While the prehistoric design of the Stadium starts the ticket scramble off with an initial handicap, the real villain of the piece is a procedure for issuing student tickets so antiquated that its origins can be recalled only by the preadamites of the H.A.A. Tradition has it that the cheering sections must be kept inviolate--no women allowed. Under the present system this means that when a student turns in his H.A.A. ticket as payment for one of the seats for his date and himself, his former seat is resold to any male who can produce the requisite ante. Large...
...Rhode Island State and Connecticut on the 4.25 mile course. Coach Jaakko Mikkola is sending in a full slate of 13 Varsity entries and eight Freshmen. This will be the first intercollegiate workout for the Yardlings, some of whom ran close competition to the Varsity harriers in the University handicap two weeks...
Though the top spot runners for the College team are still nebulous, results of the Handicap and the Quadrangular give a good line on the season's Varsity. Huna Rosenfeld was the first Crimson-man to come in behind the well-trained Tech placers with the creditable time of 24:28 and he was followed in a near photo finish by Frank Gurley who may well lead the harrier squad when he puts a few more weeks training behind him. Rosenfeld, a Sophomore, is also a track miler and seems to have a long running career ahead of him. Gurley...