Word: zev
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...hooded spectre will haunt Benjamin Irish to the end of his days. The spectre is Zev, American three-year-old, who looked through his white hood at the hindquarters of Mr. Irish's Papyrus for only the opening seconds of the International race at Belmont Park, L. I. Zev won by five lengths...
Three factors conspired to beat the English horse. A) His voyage and race under totally unfamiliar conditions. B) The smooth plates and the felt spats he wore which deadened his action in the muddy going. C) Zev...
...background of the Zev-Papyrus running at Belmont Park, L. I. the first match race ever held between America and England, reveals the following...
...horses. Zev, winner of Kentucky Derby. Papyrus, winner of the Derby three-year-olds...
...rule holds good. Given two competitors of equal ability, the one performing in the midst of familiar surroundings has a fairly definite advantage. Papyrus, for instance, used to turf under foot, will be running on a dirt track--this afternoon. Taking these things into consideration, always assuming that Zev or My Own can hold his speed for the full distance, the weak-spirited may pluck up their courage. Doctor Holmes, after all, may net have been infallible...