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Word: wychwood (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1934-1934
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Race results reached the U. S. about 10 a. m. that day. Wychwood Abbot, a horse, had come from behind to beat Commander III, also a horse, by a half length. Highlander was third. For the U. S. that meant the biggest slice of sweepstakes prizes it had ever won. Total receipts of the lottery had been about $16,000,000, of which an estimated $3,750,000 had gone from the U. S. Back now to the U. S. in prizes would come some $2,600,000, of which the U. S. Government expects to collect about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Sweepstakes | 11/12/1934 | See Source »

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