Word: jumping
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Olympia responded by catching Palestinian in the last few jumps, and won by a short neck. Said Hedley Woodhouse, Palestinian's jockey: "I should have won it, but my horse slipped about five strides from the finish." Motion pictures of the race indicated that Palestinian had tried to jump a puddle. Capot, the second choice (at 5 to 1) for the Derby and apparently no mudder, was six lengths back in third place...
...companies which had reported by early this week, there had been no recession; they turned in earnings that were even higher than in 1948's fat first quarter. A notable example was Republic Steel, first of the big steel companies to report. It had a 60% jump in its net profit, from $9.1 million to $15.2 million. Another example was General Electric Co. Despite a slump in the sale of appliances and an industrywide wave of price-cutting, G.E. boosted its first-quarter net to $26.7 million (up $1.3 million...
Field event weaknesses in Carl Olsen's '52 team may show up this afternoon. Exeter's captain, Bob Mello, not only can top 11 feet, 11 inches in the pole vault, but he can also broad jump at least 21 feet, 10 1/2 inches, and win points in the high jump and dashes if called upon...
...Broad jump--Won by Benesh (RIS); 2, Sherman (RIS); 3, Stallman (RIS). Distance...
...field events, Bill Geick tied for first in the pole vault, tied for second in the high jump, and took third in the broad jump...