Word: railing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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After a race, Davison would take Eddie aside to diagram his mistakes. He showed Arcaro how he lost distance by swinging wide to go around two horses on a turn; low he risked being run into the rail by trying to squeeze through on the inside of a front rider. He formulated it into a rule that Eddie still works by: "Never go outside of two or inside of one." Davison was insistent about never losing ground; it cost Arcaro one spill after another, trying to squeeze through between horses. The first bad tumble he had was from a plater...
...wanted to file from Kavalla, but the telegraph official had never seen a cable in English before and his apparatus seemed to date from pre-Edison days. I tried to get back to Salonika by rail, but the train blew up before I got in. I tried to go by bus, but the busses were not running because one of them had smashed up on a mine the day before. The airplane was the only solution, but, although we went to the airfield daily, the plane did not come in until Thursday...
...seven-length lead before he moved into second position. Looking back over his shoulder, Arcaro saw that the rest of the field was "too drunk" to threaten. He clucked to Citation and the gap began to close. The two Calumet horses entered the stretch noses apart, Coaltown on the rail and Citation taking a path ten feet out. Arcaro did not hit Citation with the whip until he was in front and then only because he "just wanted to keep him busy. He likes to loaf once he gets by horses." Arcaro steered Citation under the wire almost four lengths...
Agnes de Mille had made a flying leap from ballet to Broadway-and Broadway had cheered her dances in Oklahoma!, Carousel and Brigadoon. But could she as gracefully jump back? Last week, in the Metropolitan Opera House, a Ballet Theatre audience was cheering her Rail River Legend, too. The critics joined...
...Beware likewise the Timer; for he riseth early in the day and loitereth by the rail in search of the Fast Horse, but hell will freeze over are he risketh a Long Shot; and verily I say he will have his reward...