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Ripples & Loops. Miss Thrijtway and her owner, Seattle Grocer Willard Rhodes, were out to settle an old score. Last year on Lake Washington, Rhodes figured he and Miss Thrijtway had the Gold Cup won, watched his driver, Bill Muncey, given a victory .dunking, only to learn later that Detroit's Gale V had taken first on corrected scoring. Now, Miss Thrijtway once more finished the final heat in front...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Tarnished Gold Cup | 9/10/1956 | See Source »

Seattle had its revenge. Rhodes and Muncey headed for the winner's circle. They got there just in time to hear Miss Thrijtway disqualified for hitting a buoy. Bellowing with rage, Muncey swarmed up the framework of the judges' stand. It was bad enough to hear that he had been done out of the Gold Cup again; it was unbearable to hear that the new winner was Detroit's Miss Pepsi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Tarnished Gold Cup | 9/10/1956 | See Source »

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