Word: tendons
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...having made a big book against Morvich in the 1922 Derby, he started his Busy American against his veterinarian's and trainer's advice. The horse had developed an injured tendon. "He might just as well break down now as later in the season," said the Colonel. Busy American led the field for a quarter-mile, then broke down, ruined for life...
...byproducts" Pro Vines can endorse is a new string for racquets called Sinu. He and several other players used it in last month's Pacific Southwest Tournament. Made not from catgut (sheep intestine) with which tennis racquets are commonly strung, Sinu is made from calf's tendon. Developed by Charles T. (''Tommy") Davis and Dr. George Aaron Sharp in Brooklyn, it has long been used as a substitute for gut in surgical sutures. It is manufactured like a textile. The gristly tendon is "exploded" into a tuft of fluffy white material like cotton, but much tougher...
...Licensed Jan. 3, with 400 policy holders, $600,000 in policies and a reinsurance contract which will guarantee all losses for each policy issued, Sportsmans Mutual was last week paying off its first indemnity-to Charles Wadsworth Howard, Joint Master of the Fairfield & Westchester Hounds, who had severed a tendon in his right hand while firing an expensive foreign-made shotgun...
...wrenched a muscle swimming, or pulled a tendon running, Mr. Gerard will be only too glad to work over...
...Training at Los Angeles while he waited to see whether the International Federation would restore his amateur standing at the last minute so that he could compete with fellow Finns, pallid Paavo Nurmi hurt his leg. Dr. Paul Martin, Swiss middle distance star, pronounced it a pulled tendon, ordered complete rest for Nurmi...