For a trip to beautiful South Lake Tahoe and 4 field level seats to the Los Angeles Dodgers of Disneyland home opener in April, please tell me what great Sprots person died today…………………………exactly 117 years ago.
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Who Died Today ???????
by Vince P » Tue Feb 12, 2013 8:31 am
Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
Avatar: My cuzin Isaac Murphy - a jock I'm tying to emulate in character and winning percentage - almost 47% lifetime.
Avatar: My cuzin Isaac Murphy - a jock I'm tying to emulate in character and winning percentage - almost 47% lifetime.
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Re: Who Died Today ???????
by Andyc » Tue Feb 12, 2013 9:16 am
Vince P wrote:For a trip to beautiful South Lake Tahoe and 4 field level seats to the Los Angeles Dodgers of Disneyland home opener in April, please tell me what great Sprots person died today…………………………exactly 117 years ago.
Vince P
Your hero Isaac Murphy.
Sarcasm:the ability to insult idiots without them realizing it
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Re: Who Died Today ???????
by Hollywoodmike » Wed Feb 13, 2013 8:39 pm
Today is the anniversary of the death of one of the greatest jockeys racing has ever known. Isaac Burns Murphy, and outstanding black jockey of the 19th Century, still holds the record for a lifetime winning percentage in Thoroughbred racing: 628 wins out of 1,412 starts for 44%. Murphy’s career includes three Kentucky Derby wins, four American Derby wins and five Latonia Derby wins, and he was the first jockey to be inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. Murphy died of pneumonia in 1896 at the age of 36.
For years, his grave was left untouched and nearly forgotten in an abandoned cemetery in Lexington, KY. Finally in 1967, after a long search, his remains were found, exhumed and reburied at the old Man o’ War site, and later moved to the Kentucky Horse Park where guests can visit his grave today to pay their respects.
Learn more about this great American and Kentucky athlete at
http://kyhorsepark.com/index.php?option ... Itemid=329.
For years, his grave was left untouched and nearly forgotten in an abandoned cemetery in Lexington, KY. Finally in 1967, after a long search, his remains were found, exhumed and reburied at the old Man o’ War site, and later moved to the Kentucky Horse Park where guests can visit his grave today to pay their respects.
Learn more about this great American and Kentucky athlete at
http://kyhorsepark.com/index.php?option ... Itemid=329.
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Re: Who Died Today ???????
by Vince P » Thu Feb 14, 2013 8:29 am
Andy C wins. I believe this is his second contest he's won in the past year so he's reached his max.
Andy,
Please send me a W9 form for tax ID purposes and I'll overnight you all the prizes (minus the takeout) first thing in the morning.
Vince P
Andy,
Please send me a W9 form for tax ID purposes and I'll overnight you all the prizes (minus the takeout) first thing in the morning.
Vince P
Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
Avatar: My cuzin Isaac Murphy - a jock I'm tying to emulate in character and winning percentage - almost 47% lifetime.
Avatar: My cuzin Isaac Murphy - a jock I'm tying to emulate in character and winning percentage - almost 47% lifetime.
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Re: Who Died Today ???????
by Crazykid » Sat Feb 16, 2013 1:04 pm
Vince P wrote:Andy C wins. I believe this is his second contest he's won in the past year so he's reached his max.
Andy,
Please send me a W9 form for tax ID purposes and I'll overnight you all the prizes (minus the takeout) first thing in the morning.
Vince P
next time you are in lexington go to the main library downtown and they have a terrific display all about the black jockies
that library also has the most unique clock you will ever see.
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