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...final examination in Chaucer was scheduled on the same day that Kauai King would be trying to win the Triple Crown at Belmont Park. I knew nothing about the Canterbury Tales but I did know something about Amberoid in the Belmont Stakes. So I went to the track...
...those who don't happen to remember, the 1966 Belmont ended in a tremendous upset with the beloved Kauai King reaching the finish line a beaten animal. The winner was none other than Amberoid who paid $13 and had the solid backing of at least one Harvard student who was in the crowd that day. So Andrew Beyer is either very lucky or a psychic. In any case, he made the right choice in leaving Harvard...
...Tarn (1958) broke his right foreleg on the final turn, but still courageously managed to finish second. Carry Back (1961), Northern Dancer (1964) and Kauai King (1966) did not have the endurance to go the longer distance...
Distant Goal. The message has not been heard in many rural areas either. On the Hawaiian island of Kauai, more than 50 children, many from pineapple workers' families, came down with measles despite a state law making vaccination mandatory before entering school. The reason: no one enforced the health regulations. In eastern Nebraska, local doctors opposed the vaccination program. The reported cases of measles in that state have jumped from 47 last year to almost...
...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...