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Word: saddlecloth (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Classic, both on Morton L. Schwartz's Gusto, and the Spinaway Stakes with Easy Day. Jockey Coucci, more than Mills, is noted for spectacular finishes. Sometimes they are too spectacular, like one last fortnight which caused Laurel, Md. officials to suspend him for "taking a tow"-grabbing the saddlecloth of a horse going past him. Last week Jockey Coucci was reinstated. He quickly set about improving his percentage of winners-19 for the season to Mills's 22-by bringing Mrs. Isabelle Dodge Sloan's Snap Back home for a $1,000 purse at Laurel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Urchins in Silk | 10/24/1932 | See Source »

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