Word: ixora
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Dates: during 1951-1951
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Jockey Charlie Burr put aside his comic book, settled back more comfortably in his deck chair, and surveyed his pleasant surroundings. Florida sunshine warmed his skinny (5 ft. 3 in., 101 Ibs.) frame; the flowers of Tropical Park-hibiscus, cro-tons, ixora-bloomed in profusion around the track; banks of clipped Australian pine lined the clubhouse drive. This, he decided, was the life-a far cry from his boyhood years on the farm in Kansas. Last week, just two months after he lost his apprentice allowance (a five-pound weight concession), Charlie Burr entered an exclusive fraternity: he became...
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