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Fayer said she had never raced in an event longer than 500 yards, but she went out like a sprinter in the first quarter of this 40 lap endurance contest and was so far ahead of everyone that she could have won with a dog-paddle in the last five laps. She finished easily in first with a time...
...Bennie (whose combined weight exceeds 1300 pounds, and who have to wear custom built undershorts to keep their stomachs from banging against their knees) would be much in the speed department, but recent tests performed at a Utah laboratory prove that they are the equal of any Olympic sprinter in speed and agility...
There were other heroes in the meet. Sprinter Todd Hooks set the tone of the meet with three upset victories over Army star Jesse Owens, including a come-from-behind anchor leg in the 440 yard relay, the first running event...
...mere 1½ lengths over a 148-to-l shot named Certain Roman, primarily because he fought furiously against Jockey Braulio Baeza's efforts to slow him in the backstretch. For another, there is Bold Forbes, a sprightly East Coast colt who was thought to be essentially a sprinter until he turned in an eye-opening performance in the 1⅛%-mile Wood Memorial at Aqueduct, setting a record of 1:47 2/5% for the stakes...
...thought it was going to be a tight one," tri-captain Sam Butler said yesterday, "but when the relay won without Todd [injured sprinter Todd Hooks], it set the pace for the meet...