Word: strides
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Jockey Brooks, who had never ridden Ponder, got a fill-in on his mount. Said Jones: "I don't think he'll win, but he'll beat more horses than beat him. He's slow to settle down to running and easy to knock off stride. He'll give you one good run when you ask for it." Ponder was the calmest of the 14 horses that paraded out to the tune of My Old Kentucky Home...
...People Speak. The Travel Expert requires a more complex ploy. Just as the expert is getting into full stride on his visit to Vladivostok, the Lifeman clears his throat...
Columbia may have hit its stride now. On Wednesday it stopped Yale, and yesterday it exploded against league-leading Dartmouth...
...these defeats were philosophically foreseen and taken in stride. Barnaby started the season with only two veterans, Captain Ted Bullard and Bud Ager, both of whom are loading this year's team at two and one positions respectively and are now the top doubles combination...
...next stalwart to stride to the plate was aging, lecherous old Wilful S. Foulfellow, his eyes burning in the apricot sun. He could barely reach the plate. But he managed to lash a whistling bunt to the catcher. When the dust had died down Foulfellow stood on first, Pratt stood on second, and the henna sun stood...