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Show f ; .vs i All in the Game: GREYHOUND, champion trotting horse, won $38,EW was a( peak when stakes were at minimum. mini-mum. He average $5,650 per season. sea-son. In 36 starts he was first 32 times, second 3 times, and fourth one time . . . Churchill Downs, the Kentucky Derby track in Louisville, Louis-ville, opened in 1875 . . . The first and most historic of motor boat ' races was for the Harmsworth Trophy, originated in 1903 Gal Wood became a consistent winnei ... Sir Malcolm Campbell ranks as the greatest motor boat racei ; of all time . . . Since 1939 the spon ; of six-day bicycle racing has beer ! in a coma. In Its heyday, a pro-! pro-! fesslonal rider, if he was good, ; could make $25,000 per year . . ' Most bowlers remain amateurs but a few go In for tournamem ' play and others put on exhibition! ! the latter may earn up to $15,001 ', per year . . . Pro golfers, in add!- tion to prize money, add to their in i come by endorsing golf equipment : giving lessons, and serving ai I tutors at fashionable golf clubs SOAP BOX CHAMP ... Joe Lunn, 11, clutches trophy after winning 15th all-American soap box derby in Akron's derby downs. Some 70,000 spectators were rooting for the Columbus, Ga., youngster after he cracked up his racer after winning first heat. |