Word: jockey
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...occasion there were extenuating circumstances. His first time out he raced without blinkers; the second time he lost, he cast a shoe; the last time, when he ran fourth in the Everglades Stakes a few weeks ago, he was bumped into the rail and got a disappointing ride from Jockey Ron Turcotte...
WHRB disc jockey Robert Coley '73 (The Mason) repeatedly exhorted the occupiers to "keep on pushing" until Harvard sells its Gulf stock. But Coley was careful to add that his views did "not necessarily reflect the opinion of WHRB, the Harvard Corporation, or the Gulf Oil Company...
...point out, has been coincidental. Asserts Billie Jean: "I want to be treated as an athlete because that's what I am. I'm doing what I enjoy most and getting paid for it." Echoes Robyn: "I'm not trying to prove anything as a female jockey. I do it because I enjoy it so much, and I think people should do whatever makes them happy...
Robyn began her career as a jockey three years ago in her home town of San Francisco. After six months of roughing it on half-mile tracks around the fair circuit, she decided to tackle the top tracks in New York and Florida. One trainer she impressed was Frank Wright; he had once said that he would not use a woman jockey until the Chicago Bears drafted a tight end from Vassar-and put her in their starting lineup...
...Jockey Smith is not dependent on racing for an income; she graduated from Stanford with an A.B. in English. "I can always teach school for a living," she says. "But I don't want to." Neither does Billie Jean want to be simply a lawyer's wife. In the changing world of sport, they have found it possible to be the athletes they want...