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...racegoers thought it would prove Discovery's hardest test so far, because this time he was giving weight not only to King Saxon (8 Ib.) but also to Top Row (16 Ib.), holder of the world's record for 1-1/16 mile, and because the Butler racetrack has sharp turns that King Saxon likes. For nearly a mile, as the crowd expected, King Saxon made the pace. Discovery, running under 132 Ib., caught him as he tired in the stretch, went on to pass Top Row and Only One, won by a comfortable length and a half...
...Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt's racehorse Discovery, which last year finished behind Cavalcade in four races: the Brooklyn Handicap, in world-record time for the distance (1 ⅛ mi.) of 1,148.2, with King Saxon second and Omaha third; at Aqueduct Racetrack, Long Island...
...playing opposite her. Samples, in Goin' to Town: "If you're the backbone of your family, they'd better see a chiropractor." "I always kinda liked Delilah. There was one lady barber who made good." To an acquaintance who offers to take her bet at a racetrack: "You'll take...
...experiment it had been anxiously considering for three years. This summer, in Cincinnati and possibly Chicago and St. Louis, major-league teams will play night games by floodlight for the first time. Harried by financial difficulties, the Boston Braves threatened to turn their park into a dog racetrack. The plan was abandoned. Instead President Emil Fuchs persuaded the New York Yankees to give him Babe Ruth...
...Arcadia, Calif., the newest and most elaborate racetrack in the U. S., Santa Anita Park, will open for a 53-day meet on Christmas Day. In the feature race of the meet, the Santa Anita Handicap, a dozen of the most famed horses in the world, including Equipoise, Twenty Grand, Mate, Cavalcade, Statesman and Head Play, will run for the biggest purse ($100,000 added) offered this year. Lest these facts escape the attention of the U. S. sporting public, Cinemactress Marian Marsh last fortnight visited Santa Anita to have herself photographed with Head Play. Annoyed by her posturings, Head...