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01-11-2009, 10:47 PM
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Lets race horses like the did in the Movie Ben Hurr
No stewards no replays lets just let them do what they want. May the better man win.
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01-11-2009, 10:59 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Siro’s
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I agree!
Hell, harness racing might become the most popular sport in the country if they started putting spikes on the wheels, also!
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01-12-2009, 07:28 AM
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The Voice of Reason!
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Canandaigua, New york
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How many threads are you going to start to satisfy that whine? You got beat. Live with it.
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Who does the Racing Form Detective like in this one?
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01-12-2009, 11:43 AM
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DimeSupers Really Are!
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Originally Posted by Tom
How many threads are you going to start to satisfy that whine? You got beat. Live with it.
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You got it all wrong, Tom.. Joe's much too smart to bet on these fixed races.. he just trashes us people that do...
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01-12-2009, 02:30 PM
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intus habes, quem poscis
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I guess that means he's open for a lot of pro bono work. 4 different threads on this one and that's just here. Lot of free time for a guy that had no stake in it (on second though, a lot of free time even if he did have a stake....)
By the way, that's Ben-Hur, as in Judah Ben-Hur, the protagonist of the tale.
The actual full name of the piece is "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ" written in 1880 by fellow Indiana native Gen. Lew Wallace. The film version we are most familiar with was actually a remake, originally being done in 1907 and then on a grand scale in 1925 and was a blockbuster hit for the brand new MGM. If you think the chariot race in the Chuck Heston version was something, check out this tidbit from the 1925 version:
"When filming the chariot scene, the drivers were careful and slow, which disappointed Meyer. To make it more exciting, he offered a prize of $100 (about $1000+ today) to the winner, and the resulting heated competition led to the horrendous crash that remains in the movie. That and another fatal accident led to changes in rules of filming and film safety."
The crowd at the races in that 1925 version contained a veritable who's who of 20s and 30s Hollywood.
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01-12-2009, 04:29 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Worcester MA
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Originally Posted by OTM Al
I guess that means he's open for a lot of pro bono work. 4 different threads on this one and that's just here. Lot of free time for a guy that had no stake in it (on second though, a lot of free time even if he did have a stake....)
By the way, that's Ben-Hur, as in Judah Ben-Hur, the protagonist of the tale.
The actual full name of the piece is "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ" written in 1880 by fellow Indiana native Gen. Lew Wallace. The film version we are most familiar with was actually a remake, originally being done in 1907 and then on a grand scale in 1925 and was a blockbuster hit for the brand new MGM. If you think the chariot race in the Chuck Heston version was something, check out this tidbit from the 1925 version:
"When filming the chariot scene, the drivers were careful and slow, which disappointed Meyer. To make it more exciting, he offered a prize of $100 (about $1000+ today) to the winner, and the resulting heated competition led to the horrendous crash that remains in the movie. That and another fatal accident led to changes in rules of filming and film safety."
The crowd at the races in that 1925 version contained a veritable who's who of 20s and 30s Hollywood.
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Awesome info------I hope that is on Jeopardy now----
I really did not know that.........Thanks good info.
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