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...weather-wizened old rancher from west Texas stuffed $60,000 in his jeans and headed for the town of Del Rio on the Rio Grande River. He was going to bet the whole caboodle on the queen of quarter horses, a chestnut mare named Shue...
Jockey Guerin did just that. Out in front from the start, Jet Pilot was tiring as he entered the stretch. Jockey Guerin resisted an urge to sting Jet Pilot's chestnut rump with the whip-he remembered that Jet Pilot didn't take kindly to whipping (and Owner Arden disapproves too). The result was the closest Derby finish in eleven years. From far behind, the 2-to-1 favorite, Phalanx, Eddie Arcaro up, came up strong and was only a head behind Jet Pilot at the end. Another head back was Faultless. California's big hope...
...virtual replay of last Thursday's contest at Chestnut Hill, with the Eagles soaring to an early lead and surviving a late-inning Crimson threat to pull away for their triumph. Dan O'Brien gained his second win over the Varsity, limiting Dolph Samborski's forces to four hits. Brendon Reilly started for Harvard, and lasted until the ninth inning, when Ira Godin subdued B.C., effectively...
...Chestnut Hill Start...
With police help usually furnished to keep intersections clear along the way, the field will start its run from the Chestnut Hill Avenue-Worcester Turnpike intersection and will speed out along the Turnpike to Weston Avenue and thanes to Wellesley...