Word: three-year-old
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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...certain that Zev will enter the six-country race for an international cup arranged for Longchamps (Paris) next May 3. The purse is 1,000,000 francs; but since that is only $60,000 in American money, Pierre Wertheimer, owner of the outstanding French three-year-old, Epinard, will come to America next month to make a side bet with Owner Sinclair, so that the latter may feel it to be worth his while to send Zev over the water. Other countries in the race will be Britain, Spain, Italy, Belgium, France...
Expert equine advices took blind staggers during the week. In America, Zev and My Own were beaten by In Memoriam, a 10-to-1 shot, at Latonia; in France, Epinard, three-year-old whom the French called the "best horse in the world," lost by a head to Verdict at Newmarket; in England, Papyrus was sold by Owner Ben Irish...
...Sande is said to have flagrantly disobeyed orders in forcing Zev to the front in the opening rush and trying to hold him there through the 1¾-mile race-the longest Zev had ever run. Zev settled the My Own controversy by leading Admiral Grayson's three-year-old four lengths across the line. Thirty thousand natives of the Blue Grass went wild at the victory of In Memoriam. Annoyed by the frantic adulation, the colt lashed out with his hoofs, battered immediate bystanders...
...France, one Mme. Grasset was awarded a gold medal by the Government for the distinction of giving birth to 24 children in 25 years. In London, Robert Broom, 91, was married to Miss Elizabeth Bolt, 88. Both were so feeble they were obliged to sit during the ceremony; they signed the register with trembling hands. In Detroit, Mrs. Jennie P. Frazer* was married to Smith V. Fish in the presence of her three-year-old great-grandchild. In Manhattan, Saks & Co. (clothiers) alleged in an advertisement that "the best known men in Wall Street [i.e., J. Pierpont Morgan, Otto...
Trophy. The gold cup won by Zev was presented by the American Jockey Club as a perpetual challenge cup for international three-year-old racing...