Word: wayes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...some highway surveys in New York State. Stepping into the Queens presidency after the past year's tumult and shouting didn't worry him; he called it "a perfectly wonderful opportunity." He thought he had been around the city's colleges long enough to know his way...
...Belmont Park, once base of operations for Oilman Harry F. Sinclair's all-conquering Rancocas Stable. Despite the barnyard-like peace that always hangs over the stable area at dawn, there was an undertone of excitement around Barn 41. Boys from other stables, trudging past on their way to a cup of coffee, eyed it as a country boy would the big house on the hill...
...Kentucky Derby. Hildreth's superstitious aversion to cameras and black cats is something that Jones has no time for, but he shares his predecessor's ability to glance at a horse and tell how it feels. On the way to the track for a morning workout, he frequently flabbergasts an exercise boy, as Hildreth used to, by saying "Take that filly back to the barn...
...figure to win. Like Jones, Jacobs is an unusually keen observer, and he has a phenomenal memory, especially for the ailments of other men's horses. But for sheer training-horsemanship, wily Ben Jones (in partnership with able son Jimmy) has no real rival. He has come a long way from Parnell (pop. 490), with more than a few detours...
...efficient way...