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Three of the top four Seniors on Thursday's alphabetically-arranged ticket swept through to victory; the fourth winner had solid Commuter backing in the Dudley Hall vote. On the Junior side, the head of the list was elected, as was one candidate, whose name, omitted in the original printing, garnered prominence in being stamped at the bottom of many of the lists. While the placement of names may not have entirely accounted for the results, the coincidence is startling...
...prize-winner: "Radditudes...
Charles E. ("Commando") Kelly, famed Congressional Medal winner (40 dead Germans in a single engagement), decided to go into politicking, prepared to stump for the G.O.P. A converted Democrat (converted by the head of Pennsylvania's Young Republicans, who said they were only paying his expenses), Hero Kelly ditched his Pittsburgh filling station, hopes to find a business with more leisure, and later on run for some public office...
...kind of day on which a smart colt would want to run 1⅝ miles - especially when his cut of the $25,000 added purse would only amount to an extra mouthful of oats. And the favorite, Mahout, who twice recently had bested the triple crown winner, Assault, was an intelligent beast. He was also without guile...
There were few cheers for School Tie, the winner, and no boos for Mahout. The stunned crowd viewed the performance with deep respect. Nothing like this had happened since last May, when a well-backed jumper left the steeplechase course at the third jump, and went for a dip in the infield lake...