Word: racing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...shall in the future as in the past do my full duty to my country and my race...
...After the racing automobile had cast in the dust the body of its unhappy driver and continued to massacre innocent victims the race was not stopped and the motors continued their song of speed...
There were many races, the most important of which was the non-stop transcontinental derby. Col. Arthur Goebel in a Wasp-motored Lockhead-Vega Yankee Doodle was the first to arrive. But he won no prize because he had stopped once to refuel. Even so his time from New York to Los Angeles was a record; 23 hours, 50 minutes. The other entrants in the race had been forced down. Col. William Thaw seriously injured, had said before starting on the race: "I'm fat, I'll bounce...
Leading the fifth race at Belmont Park, Darkness, the favorite, cheered by all her backers, jumped over the railing and ran, riderless, three times around the infield...
...stop race from coast to coast was to begin on Sept. 12 with six planes entered...