Word: tacke
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...whipped George Royal into the lead, kept him there to win by a nose. The victory was worth $75,000 to George Royal's owner and $7,500 to Longden. But it was Johnny's last purse as a jockey. "I'm hanging up my tack," he announced. And so ended 44 years of riding horses for money, a career that began with county-fair trick riding in Canada and made Longden a millionaire. The mounts he rode earned their owners a grand total of $24,665,800. Not that retirement will make much difference in Longden...
Harvard compiled a 7-3 record overall, thanks chiefly to the efforts of wrestlers like Howie Henjyoji, Tack Chace, Ed Franquemont, Paul Padiak, and captain Gilmore. Even if the team doesn't finish any higher than fifth or sixth (which would itself be quite an improvement over past years), the Crimson may have a shot at some individual...
Harvard completed its best wrestling season in years Saturday in the IAB by whipping Yale 21-11, but Eli captain Mike Lonergan took away some of the luster by ruining Tack Chace's undefeated season...
...meet will be the last for the man who suddenly turned into one of the best heavyweights in the East this year: Tack Chace. The towering senior has beaten all eight of his adversaries, and though Yale captain Mike Lonergan won't be a pushover, Chace should make him number nine...
...process of eradicating Brown 31 to 3 on saturday, you got the feeling that the Bruins would have liked nothing better than to pack up and go home. And lo! That's just what they did, without even bothering to field a heavyweight against the Crimson's Tack Chace...