Word: manuelito
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...Quadrangle pulled away like an Atlas leaving the pad. At the wire, he was two lengths ahead of Roman Brother, six ahead of Northern Dancer. Jockey Ycaza plucked two white carnations from the wreath around Quadrangle's neck. "One for my wife," he explained, "and one for little Manuelito." For himself, Ycaza plucked something even sweeter: a 10% slice of the $110,850 winner's purse...
...Chees. Without rest or food from 10 o'clock in the morning until 4 in the afternoon, they sat on stiff-backed chairs in the sheriff's office while an autopsy was performed on the baby. Finally they were released to return to their hogans at Manuelito, 13 miles away. But three more days passed before papers arrived from "Washin-tone" (i.e., Salt Lake City) which allowed them to bury their child...
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