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Word: omsk (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...signed a contract with Vladmir Lezhneff, a Russian sportsman who paid him 10,000 roubles a year and 15% of his winnings, which sometimes brought Will Caton's yearly earnings to $50,000. In 1917 Will Caton tried to escape the revolution via Japan. He was captured at Omsk, put in charge of three Government stock farms. He returned to the U. S. in 1922, began driving for Ralph R. Keeler in 1927. When Ralph Keeler died last year, he willed all his horses except Marchioness to Will Caton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Hambletonian | 8/29/1932 | See Source »

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