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Old 11-30-2011, 04:33 PM
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Also looks like the horses back then didn't run many times per year. I guess the stock was weakened by the increase in auto emmissions into the air, or something like that!
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Also looks like the horses back then didn't run many times per year. I guess the stock was weakened by the increase in auto emmissions into the air, or something like that!
Isinglass made over $291,000 in the 1800's without ever having started more than five times in a racing season ...

He's like the Ghostzapper of 1890's Europe during the era when Plunger Walton and his crew were running wild in the betting rings.
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