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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell
Maybe 1907? It only took 100 years to get him his name in lights...
The Dunce Cap would have been more appealing
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The NYRA site says he was born in 1807. Another site says he was born in 1809, and started managing the hotel in 1830.
If I owned a track, I'd name stakes after has-been actors and actresses. "Today's Gary Coleman Handicap will be run at two-furlongs. The winner of tomorrow's Mr. T Handicap will receive a gold chain."
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Still trying to outsmart me, aren't you, mule-skinner? You want me to think that you don't want me to go down there, but the subtle truth is you really don't want me to go down there!
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