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...likes to loaf once he gets in front, a» warning wave of Jockey Guerin's bat sent him winging under the wire in an excellent 1:44⅓The victory, worth $38,525, boosted Native Dancer's earnings to $230,495, and made him the money-winningest two-year-old of all time (the previous record: $219,000, won back in 1931 by the unbeaten filly Top Flight). Even more satisfying to Owner Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt was the prospect ahead; for Native Dancer is the obvious early choice for next year's Kentucky Derby (a race...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Superlative Colt | 11/3/1952 | See Source »

...took a harried, halfhearted swing at his annoyer, and missed. After he got into his car, he let the photographer take another shot, with his pet terrier nuzzled up to him. "At least somebody loves me," he said plaintively. Ailing, 63-year-old Joe McCarthy, baseball's "winningest" manager, was heading into retirement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: This Is Final | 7/3/1950 | See Source »

...more than the usual ring of authority. Nobody had to look far to find the favorites in this week's 72nd Kentucky Derby.* They were two-Lord Boswell and Knockdown -and both belong to fluttery Cosmeti-queen Elizabeth Arden Graham, whose Maine Chance Farm Stable has the winningest ways in U.S. turfdom. Early this week, they were prohibitive favorites...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Lady's Day in Louisville | 5/6/1946 | See Source »

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