Word: vigil
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...colt that came back," won the Kentucky Derby, most important race in America. The previous week Zev went to the post a heavy favorite in the Preakness and faltered badly, losing to Walter J. Salmon's Vigil. His reversal of form at the Derby vindicated his backers and, incidentally, paid those who still retained their faith in him $40.40 for a $2 ticket. Over 75,000 saw the race on the historic Churchill Downs. Zev's owner, H. F. Sinclair, collected $53,625 as the stake of victory...
...fact that it has not been the custom to hold mass meetings for the major spring sports before the Yale-Princeton contests, and with no less appreciation of the proposal, we prefer to realize the unquestionable backing of the undergraduates as indicated by the number who kept the long vigil on the banks of the Charles last Saturday. G. M. Appleton '22, Captain. R. Heber Howe Jr., Director of Rowing...