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...summery afternoon the bugle blew and 50,000 eyes turned to the gate from the paddock to watch the procession up the track. At the starting post Harry F. Sinclair's Mad Play, the favorite, Sande up, drew inside position. Up shot the barrier with a deafening roar from the stands as the horses simultaneously broke to a splendid start. Mad Play gained an immediate lead by saving ground in rounding the first turn. Hard pressed for the whole 1⅛ miles, Mad Play succeeded in maintaining his lead and finally won by 1½ lengths from Bud Fisher...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: At Belmont Park | 6/16/1924 | See Source »

...sensational clutches under the shadow of the fence, Hammond patrolled second base admirably. In the third and again in the tenth he robbed Dins more of apparently certain hits. The latter play, a back-hand catch of a vicious liner, brought the crowd to its feet with a spontaneous roar of applause. Jenkins was a bulwark of strength at short-stop...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NINE SHOWS BIG-LEAGUE FORM BEATING TIGERS 5-3 | 6/5/1924 | See Source »

...tried him 'twould raise a roar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Doggerel | 5/5/1924 | See Source »

...that she wouldn't have it. Baby bear squeaked that it wasn't fair to all the little children. Then cook said if they didn't like the porridge, she wouldn't make any more for them. Then all three bears let out a great roar. Papa bear and mama bear and baby bear all shouted together: "We want the porridge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TAXATION: Porridge at Any Price | 3/10/1924 | See Source »

...said. "History repeats itself. It stutters badly sometimes, but it always repeats itself in the end. More and more students will come, more than ever before. And they will come for learning. The town will be silent in the day time with the silence of work. The night will roar with play...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "PEACE, FOOL!" | 2/15/1924 | See Source »

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