Word: lead
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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After two magic minutes, for which 80.000 racing fans jampacked Churchill Downs last week, everyone, from the 50? standing-room to the $99 boxes, agreed with Owner Woodward that Johnstown was a great horse. Taking the lead away from speedy little El Chico (winter-book favorite) at the first quarter, long-striding Johnstown streaked farther away from the field at every pole, breezed under the wire in a common gallop, with ears cocked as if wondering what had happened to the rest of the gang. Six lengths behind was W. L. Brann's Challedon, one length in front...
...Indians took the Crimson's measure at Hanover last Saturday, defeating the visitors to the tune of 5 to 3, behind Hal Wonson. As a result of losing the second game of Monday's, double-header with Princeton, the Green now holds a mere half-game lead in the Circuit...
...Crimson drops this game, the odds will be strongly against them ever regaining the lead again. Cornell with 4 wins and two losses is not on Harvard's heels, and may gain a second place tie with the Stahlmen if they beat Yale today...
...Bostonians kept this lead until the fifth inning when the Samborskimen combined an enemy error and two bases on balls with three sparkling one-base hits by Bill Parsons, Bud Fine gan, and Sullivan to push in three tallies...
...race in the valley below, the crowd watched the seven starters charge over the first jump, held its breath as they reached the third, known as the Union Memorial Fence.* After that dreaded obstacle was surmounted without mishap, a roar thundered through the lush valley. Blockade was in the lead, Coq Bruyere far behind. Fencing perfectly and lightning fast on the flat, Blockade clung to his lead. Not until the 18th jump did Coq Bruyere challenge. They took the last fence neck & neck. Then, in as exciting a stretch finish as is seen in many a six-furlong sprint...