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February 1913: “The King of the Sprinters,” and a pari-mutuel plea

The graded stakes run earlier this month at Aqueduct have been around for a while: the Toboggan was first run in 1890, the Withers in 1874. When racing came back to New York in 1913, both were renewed, both at … Continue reading

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