Word: shannons
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...sight at Tanforan (in his stall) but not out of mind was Shannon II-a horse close to the heart of every California race fan. Next to Citation, he is probably the fastest horse in the world today. Shannon is a seven-year-old bay stallion, Australian by birth and friendly as an overgrown puppy. Unlike Citation, everything about him is controversial-even his pedigree...
Once Upon a Time. Most Shannon stories have at least two versions. One that makes the best telling opens on a stormy night in 1826 when a sailing vessel struck a reef and sank off Sydney harbor. On board were some English racing mares bound for Australia, and at least one managed to swim ashore. Her pedigree papers went down with the ship. So the name...
Spaewife was pinned to the mare, and eventually she was bred to an Australian stallion. Six years ago, a weedy yearling-reportedly one of her descendants-was led into an auction ring and knocked down for ?400. That was how Peter Riddle, a veteran Australian horseman, came by Shannon...
...Shannon's fame spread the length & breadth of the Antipodes. In New South Wales one day, Shannon ran a mile in i :34½-a feat more impressive than the world record of 1:34! set by Equipoise at Arlington Park in 1932. In Australia, horses are timed from a standing start, whereas U.S. horses get a five-or six-jump run at the starting pole. The greatest race Shannon ever ran, he lost. That day, he got left at the post by 60 yards and then put on a magnificent charge and barely failed...
Results in key battles: CONNECTICUT. In normally Republican Connecticut, long-jawed Chester Bowles, former OPAdministrator, who had campaigned hard at picnics and ball games for "voluntary" price control and more state aid for housiag, upset all predictions by edging out Republican incumbent James C. Shannon, a Bridgeport lawyer. Said surprised New Dealer Bowles: "The Roosevelt spirit has proved itself to be very much alive today...