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Word: injapan (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1970
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Usage:

...nine daily racing sheets predicted, a chestnut colt named Tanino Moutiers from Hokkaido broke away from the field of 22 three-year-olds to win the l½-mile race. The purse of $63,000 raised his total earnings to $284,000, a record for three-year-olds inJapan. At the finish, poorer but poetic grandstanders followed tradition by throwing their losing tickets in the air in unison to simulate the falling of cherry blossoms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Off and Running in Japan | 6/8/1970 | See Source »

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