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Word: kauai (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...post as the 13-to-10 favorite, he was bucking more formidable odds. In the past two decades, only four other horses had come into the Belmont with a chance of taking the Triple Crown. Tim Tarn in 1958, Carry Back in 1961, Northern Dancer in 1964 and Kauai King in 1966 all were defeated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Horse Racing: The Spoiler | 6/13/1969 | See Source »

There was the ill-starred Lamb Chop, champion filly who broke a leg and had to be shot; the ill-starred Kauai King, Derby winner who pulled up lame six weeks later and never raced again; the ill-starred Cool Reception, who finished second in the Belmont on three legs...

Author: By Linda J. Greenhouse, | Title: From Bad to Worse: Dancer Has One More Chance to Save Image | 5/20/1968 | See Source »

Eeyore & Elephant. The newlyweds, weary but radiant, winged off for a two-week (or better) honeymoon; giddiest guesses ranged from Caneel Bay to the "Garden Island" of Kauai in the Hawaiian archipelago, one of Lynda's favorite vacation spots (she has been there thrice). When they return, they will take up residence in a shrubbery-wreathed, $70,000 home near the White House, until Chuck departs in March for what he courageously hopes will be a combat post in Viet Nam. Meanwhile, they can catalogue their copious supply of wedding gifts, including a $6,770 silver tea and coffee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The White House: Captain Courageous | 12/15/1967 | See Source »

...horse gradually turned snow-white. He commanded a stud fee of $20,000, highest of any individually owned stallion, and sired 231 offspring who so far have earned more than $4,000,000. One of his grandsons, Northern Dancer, won the Kentucky Derby in 1964; one of his sons, Kauai King, won the Derby and the Preakness in 1966. This summer, at the Saratoga yearling sale, nine of his offspring brought an average $61,000 each...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Horse Racing: Passing of the Ghost | 11/24/1967 | See Source »

...Solar Bomb will go to the post only for reasons of misplaced nostalgia. Last year his stablemate Kauai King, who won the Derby and the Preakness, tried for the crown in the Belmont and finished fourth. That is a lot better than Solar Bomb will do tomorrow. The time has come to keep the faith...

Author: By Linda J. Greenhouse, | Title: Damascus Proves Experts Right; Belmont Will Make It 2 for 3 | 6/2/1967 | See Source »

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