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History
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Warrenton. Never mind the time limits....For out of town autoists, only.”
Other headlines from the 1929 newspaper included an “eyewitness account of the tornado at Weaversville” near Catlett that had hit the previous weekend. A front-page report from Richmond placed the value of Virginia’s chickens and eggs at $30,430,000.
• May 10, 1939 — “W.F. Cochran Jr.’s Or Else Wins Gold Cup; Deflation runs second” screamed the banner headline in that Wednesday’s paper.
“Old timers here-abouts who over a long period of years have been spectators at races over timber and brush agreed that the 1939 meet was a topnotcher” said the lead of a front-page Virginia Gold Cup wrapup. Or Else, the beautiful black gelding, was trained by 1929 winning rider Frank Bonsai Jr. and ridden by later champion flat trainer Sidney Watters.
In the tightly contested race, Or Else finished just a head in front “in a stretch duel that brought the crowd to its
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