Word: heatedly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Although his pushmobile racer suffered tour smashed wheels and he was badly bruised in a first-heat crackup, eleven-year-old Joe Lunn of Thomasville, Ga. effected repairs, got bandaged up, and pressed on to win the 15th running of the All American Soap Box Derby at Akron, Ohio. Time for the 9754-ft. course...
Most hiccups can be cured in minutes or hours by holding the breath, drinking water, applying heat to the diaphragm or breathing into a paper bag (to raise the carbon dioxide content of the air breathed). But not Jack O'Leary's. Hiccuping that goes on for months or years can eventually kill the victim through exhaustion and starvation...
...start of the first heat, Sharp Note "broke" (i.e., went into a gallop, had to be reined back, lost time until he resumed trotting), but he regained enough ground to finish tenth behind winning Hit Song. Facing perhaps his last chance ever to win the Hambletonian, old Bi gently explained the situation to young Sharp Note...
...next heat, the trotter came into the final turn with the pack, was swung wide by Shively, took a clear lead, pounded home in front of the Duke in his best race time ever, 1/5 sec. better than his Santa Anita mark. A 19-to-20 odds-on favorite in the third heat, Sharp Note finally brought the crowd around to Bi's original conclusion. Lagging back in the field until the last turn, he again showed his wallop in the homestretch, beat Hit Song by two lengths, going away. Sharp Note's purse...
...Hambletonian trophy goes to the horse that wins two out of three one-mile heats; if three heats produce three different winners, there is a fourth and final runoff heat for those three only...