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Kentucky Derby Turf Service Picks Winner Despite Delay
Henry McLemore vents in a dated dispatch from Otisville offering a yearly Kentucky Derby turf service for one dollar. He recalls Omaha’s 1935 win and Nellie Flag’s near triumph, promises a 1947 winner named Phalanx with jockey Phalcaro, and demands subscribers mail their dollar to confirm.
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