Word: wondered
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...American Wolf, a 17-to-1 shot: the Bahamas Handicap, first noteworthy horse race of the Florida season; before a crowd of 16,000; at Miami's Hialeah Park. Among the also-rans was Alsab, wonder horse of 1941, who was making his debut as a three-year-old. Alsab was assigned top weight of 128 Ib. (14 more than American Wolf), went to the post odds-on favorite, finished sixth in the field...
This week, retaining their unbroken ranks, all three Krauts will step out of their chocolate brown shorts, step into uniforms of the Royal Canadian Air Force. Granting that this means the downfall of the Bruins, U.S. rink fans wonder whether it also means the beginning of the end of major-league hockey. More than half its players (90% of whom are Canadians) are eligible for service...
...being paced by Archie Lyon, who prepped at Andover and Browne and Nichols. He turned in a very spectacular time against Northeastern in the person of one of the Carroll twins Saturday, and has been improving steadily. Says Jaakko, "He has the stuff, and should be a wonder...
Outside in the Yard the snow was melting dingily and people were waling fast with their coast collars turned up. Vag looked down at them from Emerson steps. Poor fellows, they probably had one, or even two more ordeals to face. No wonder they were rushing. In his place they would have all the time in the world...
...Wonder just what I will do in the next week, Vag reflected. Of course there's always that reading I was going to catch up on for divisionals. But there's no sense studying the week after exams. And anyway, I might do better running around to see Professor Casner and the Navy people, and somebody over at the Busy School. That wouldn't take all week, though. Top bad I can't afford to go home, or even go away somewhere. Skiing maybe. Shouldn't have spent all that money over Christmas. Vag shivered, from the cold and from...