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DIED. BILL ("SHOE") SHOEMAKER, 72, legendary thoroughbred jockey who rode winners in 11 Triple Crown races; in San Marino, California. Just 1.49 meters tall and weighing 44 kilograms, Shoemaker was a horse-track heavyweight, with 8,833 victories in 40,350 races, the second-most wins in history. Late Los Angeles Times sports columnist Jim Murray said Shoemaker rode "with the effortless ease and grace of a guy born to do what he was doing." At age 54, when many thought his skills were in decline, Shoemaker steered 17-to-1 long shot Ferdinand to victory in the Kentucky Derby...
Unlike their heavyweight counterparts, the lights were bested by several of their collegiate rivals, including Yale, which took second in 14:47.594, Princeton and the U.S. Naval Academy, which placed fourth in 14:52.135 and fifth in 14:52.402, respectively...
...Class of 2004 rowers had a year of experience under their belts and several joined the junior varsity squad—six of the nine in the JV boat were the past year’s freshmen—while current stroke McDaniel stepped up to the varsity heavyweight level. The recruits became a full part of the Harvard program, and the influence was palpable...
...year later, more of the recruits moved into the first varsity boat, joining McDaniel once again. As juniors, they witnessed the men’s top-seeded varsity heavyweight crew at last win Eastern Sprints, exacting vengeance on that same Wisconsin squad that had knocked the previous year’s group to second place...
...varsity heavies secured the Varsity Challenge Cup by a margin of four seconds over Wisconsin, capturing the sixth national championship for men’s heavyweight crew in Harvard history. A strong third-place showing from a previously undefeated second varsity boat helped garner the Ten Eyck trophy, as well, presented to the overall points champion of the IRA races...