Chicado V (1950–1972) was a Champion Quarter Horse race horse foaled
(born) in 1950, and considered one of the outstanding broodmares of her
breed. She started only six times as knee problems cut short her racing
career. However, she won her first two starts while breaking or
equaling track records, and was given the title of co-Champion Quarter
Running Two-Year-Old Filly by the American Quarter Horse Association
(AQHA) in 1952. The next year she ran her last four races, winning once
and setting one more speed record. After her last race, in December
1953, she was retired from the track to become a broodmare, and had
nine foals. Two of her offspring were named Champion Quarter Running
Horses, and all her foals had a total of seven stakes race wins. One of
her daughters, Table Tennis, went on to become a noted broodmare
herself, as did Table Tennis' daughter Rapid Volley and granddaughter
Perks. However, three of Chicado V's sons—Triple Chick, Three Chicks,
and The Ole Man—were her best known offspring; all three became leading
sires and are the main cause of her fame. She was inducted into the
AQHA's American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame in 2006.
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1665:
The London Gazette, the oldest surviving English language newspaper,
was first published as the Oxford Gazette.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Gazette>
1811:
American forces led by Indiana Territory Governor William Henry
Harrison defeated the forces of Shawnee leader Tecumseh's growing
American Indian confederation at the Battle of Tippecanoe near
present-day Battle Ground, Indiana.
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1885:
Construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway, the first
transcontinental railroad across Canada, concluded with financier and
politician Sir Donald Smith driving in the "last spike" in
Craigellachie, British Columbia.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Spike_%28Canadian_Pacific_Railway%29>
1917:
Vladimir Lenin led a Bolshevik insurrection against the Provisional
Government of Alexander Kerensky, starting the Bolshevik Revolution,
the second phase of the overall Russian Revolution.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_Revolution>
1991:
Professional basketball player Magic Johnson announced his retirement
from the game because of his infection with HIV.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Johnson>
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gaudy (adj):
Very showy or ornamented, now especially when excessive or in a
tasteless or vulgar manner
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