Word: raced
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...ward heelers, precinct captains and office seekers roared into the fairgrounds, leaving a wake of blended whiskey, cold beer and old Roosevelt jokes. They came by special train, bus, airplane, automobile caravan. They were cocky, noisy, full of fire. As farmers on the midway gaped, they clamored into the race-track grandstand for their own fun & fireworks...
Some 8,000 Great Lakes seamen are still unorganized. It was to them that the vocal and energetic N.M.U. was trying to beat the S.I.U. last week. But no matter who won the race, U.S. production, which has yet to finish in the money in any intra-union or labor-management sweepstakes so far, would lose again...
...bridge with only a short lead and Felt seemed destined to pass him. Just as Felt had pulled clear of the bridge and was settling down to make his last sprint he caught a "crab." His bad stroke tipped the narrower single and Felt was washed out of the race by the tainted waters of the Charles. Homans went on to win the heat with a time...
Officials of the race decided to give Felt a break, since there were two other men who were slated to enter a novice heat, so all three were entered in a race held Wednesday...
Howland Hall stroked his 150-pound crew to victory yesterday in a mile race for three boats made up of the Varsity squads of last spring...