Seabiscuit Tops Turf Comeback In 1940 Horse Year
Seabiscuit, the aging legend, returned from a retirement to win the Santa Anita Handicap and become the country’s richest money winner with 437730. The year featured Derby upset by Gallahadon, Preakness and Belmont wins by Bimelech, and Challendon named top handicap horse with Whirlaway as top 2 year old.
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Seabiscuit
Santa Anita
AP Feature Service
New York
Gallahadian
Bimelech
Challendon
Whirlaway
California
Sun Beau
Kayak II
Gallahadsan
Midand
Gallahadi
Col. E. R. Bradley
Level Bet
C. W. Phellis
Spencer Scott
Santa Anita imposes rule to race for victory only
At Santa Anita Park the California Racing Commission orders that horses must run to win, ending workouts and “tighteners” for conditioning. Owners, trainers, and jockeys face penalties for letting a horse run only for exercise, with stewards to enforce the policy amid potential early mistakes. Golf balls first were made of horsehide cases stuffed with feather.
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United States
Ocean
Great Lakes
Rogue
Brazos
Chattahoochee
Santa Anita Track
Jerry Giesler
California Racing Commission
Santa Anita
Giesler
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Sagamore Farm
Pimlico
Belmont
America's Best Milers Vie For Right To Claim Throne
Sugar Bowl meet in New Orleans pits top milers against each other for the vacant crown left by Glenn Cunningham and Archie San Romani. Fenske Mehl Munski and Mac Mitchell lead a strong field with Di Benedetto confident in a deep slate of contenders. Cunningham teaches at Cornell. San Romani pursues music. race opens the 1941 indoor campaign.
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New Orleans
America
Sugar Bowl
Glenn Cunningham
Archie San Romani
Lorenzo di Benedetto
AAU
Cunningham
San Romani
Chuck Fenske
Wisconsin
Cornell College
Iowa
di Bendetto
Mormon Grain Begins Flowing Into Elevator
Salt Lake City church welfare grain elevator stores 318000 bushels by winter with the first carload sealed by J Reuben Clark Jr and dedicated by David O McKay. Wheat purchases fund storage using relief effort funds and church welfare workers provided 90 percent of the 68949 labor hours.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Church Welfare Program
David O. McKay
J. Reuben Clark, Jr
Relief Society
Hot Stove Theft Follows Steam Trap Heist in Oilfield
A Bakersfield report says a man who stole a $5 steam trap from the Vesta Petroleum plant in the Mountain View oilfield then stole a hot stove. Sheriff’s deputies pursued the suspect as part of the ongoing theft case.
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Bakersfield
Cal
Boxing Rings Roar With 1940 title tussles and upstarts
Lively middleweight and welterweight action highlighted 1940 as Billy Soose stunned Ken Overlin and later beat Tony Zale in non title bouts while titleholders Louis and Conn defended crowns. Henry Armstrong maintained welter duties, Zivic clashed with Davis, Jenkins drew with Zivic, and rising challengers Mauriello Welch and Vigh emerged amid a crowded talent pool.
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Jack Cuddy
United Press
New York
U.P
United States
Joe Louis
Billy Conn
Billy Soose
Overlin
Loose
Tony Zale
Chicago
Zale
National Boxing Association
al Hostak
Seattle
Soose
Playboy Overlin
Steve Belloise
Belloise
Zivic
Bummy"” Davis
Lew Jenkins
Conn
Gus Lesnevich
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Billy
White Hope Beats Four Heavies Before Title Shot
The new white hope defeats Henry Cooper Bob Pastor Lee Savold and Al McCoy in succession and earns a title bout next June against Louis or the reigning heavyweight champion.
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White Hope
Heavies
Henry Cooper
Bob Pastor
Lee Savold
al McCoy
Louis
Youngest Legion Commander Suspects He Leads Nation
Harry Lynch, 36, commander of the American Legion post in Olympia Washington, says he may be the youngest legionnaire or commander in the country. He enlisted at 14, five days after the U S entered World War I, later reporting his age as 18.
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Legion
Olympia
Wash
U.P
Harry Lynch
American Legion
United States
Lynch
Canadian curtailment shifts Erie fishing to Ohio
Canadian fishing operations reduce in Lake Erie because of the European war. This curtailment has led to a noticeable rise in autumn fishing activity on the American side, as reported by commercial fishermen.
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Erie
Toledo
Jimmy Foxx Works On Links In St Petersburg
Jimmy Foxx of the Boston Red Sox is keeping in good physical condition by practicing on the links at St Petersburg Florida. He works out amid off season reports and prepares for the upcoming season.
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New York
George Hauser
Minnesota
Ohio State
Buckeyes
Dallas Ward
Gopher
Brooklyns
Larry MacPhail
California
Ray Morrison
Temple
Vanderbilt
Tennessee
George Halas
Tom Harmon
Chicago Bears
Tom
Jimmy Foxx
St, Petersburg
Fla. UP
Boston Red Sox
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