Word: handicaps
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Among other horses, the Phipps stable had Neji. But the top jumper of 1955 had pulled up lame after the Midsummer Hurdle Handicap of 1956 and seemed to be through with racing. It took all Mike's talents to make the horse whole. This year his perseverance, combined with Paddy's skill in the jockey's irons, has paid off handsomely. Neji, who made his first start last month, is already steeplechase horse of the year. Barring injury, the big chestnut has a long career ahead in which to build on his earnings...
...class-conscious communist who conquers every handicap and convinces the people of the truth of the ideology. This figure is quite like the hero of the cowboy movies. He can fight against all odds and win even so. The only difference is that the communist does not wear a ten-gallon hat but a set of rumpled coveralls...
...best runners to date. "Fitzgerald is from North Scituate," he said; "he ran a 4:25 mile in high school.... I don't know much about Harrison except that he went to Deerfield; but he's been looking very strong so far. In last week's Handicap race, he came to me asking for a lower handicap than we'd originally assigned him. We gave it to him and he finished fifth overall; and that includes the varsity...
With just three weeks of practice and last Monday's highly informal Handicap race behind it, the varsity will meet in Maine one of the strongest opponents it is likely to face all year...
Norris has consistently been among the top three or four Crimson runners for two years, and finished well ahead of Maine's best in the 1956 IC4As. Benjamin last spring developed into a very strong two-miler and placed among the leaders in the Handicap race...