Word: tip
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Year Brokers Tip Won. It was a bard school. In morning workouts (young Eddie had the man-sized chore of galloping 15 horses every morning), Davison would never tell him simply to "breeze this horse a half mile with a nice snug hold." Instead, he would tell him to work the half in 50 seconds?and he meant neither one second more nor one second less. Eddie learned to have a clock in his head." In New Orleans in 1933?the year Brokers Tip won the Derby?a "bug boy"* named Arcaro began to get into print...
...before the racing stewards after a saliva test showed that his one winner had been given a caffeine stimu lant. He was suspended from racing for 60 days. ? Carolyn A., a filly named for her, won last week's $25,000 Firenze Handicap at Jamaica. ** Plus the usual tip, which is 10% of the purse. *Apprentice jockey. The name comes from the asterisk beside a horse's name on racing charts, indicating that an apprentice will ride. *Hooking a leg in front of another jockey's leg to keep him from forging ahead...
From some impressed French laborers, U.S. commanders got a tip that there was gold stored in the mine. All the Germans in Merkers who had anything to do with the mine were rounded up, and one of them was the assistant director of the Berlin museums, Dr. Paul Rave. He told the Americans about the paintings, and accompanied the first Americans, led by Colonel Russell, to visit the mine...
Adds Colonel Russell: it is entirely accurate to say they ''stumbled on the treasure," since they would have gone right on without investigating the mine if they had not received the tip from the French...
...ambassador-at-large. The two got together for the ceremony, and then discovered that a Bible was lacking. A messenger was sent for one. Also, a flag was lacking. A messenger went for one. Bible and flag arrived, but the flagstaff was too tall for the ceiling. So the tip was removed. Then Vinson discovered that Harriman's commission was missing. A messenger ran and got it, and Vinson finally swore in Harriman. He then went through the motions three more times for news photographers...