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Born Robert Chester Ruark, Jr., to Charlotte A. Ruark and Robert C. Ruark, a bookkeeper for a wholesale grocery, young Ruark grew up in Wilmington, North Carolina. His brother, David, was adopted, and little is known about him. The Ruark family was deeply affected by the Depression, but still managed to send Robert to college.
Man o' War. Man o' War (March 29, 1917 – November 1, 1947) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who is widely regarded as one of the greatest racehorses of all time. Several sports publications, including The Blood-Horse, Sports Illustrated, and the Associated Press, voted Man o' War as the best American racehorse of the 20th century.
The Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis), also known as the man-of-war[6] or bluebottle, [7] is a marine hydrozoan found in the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean. It is considered to be the same species as the Pacific man o' war or bluebottle, which is found mainly in the Pacific Ocean. [8] The Portuguese man o' war is the only species ...
Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, was taken into custody after shots were fired at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sunday, three senior law enforcement sources said. In 2002 ...
On September 4, 1920, Man o' War won the 1 + 5 ⁄ 8-mile (2.6 km) Lawrence Realization by 100 lengths over the only other runner, Hoodwink.His time for the race was 2 min 40 + 4 ⁄ 5 s, which broke the world record for the distance by 1 + 3 ⁄ 5 seconds and was his fifth record-setting performance that year.
The magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens), frigate petrel [2] or man o' war [3] is a seabird of the frigatebird family Fregatidae.With a length of 89–114 centimetres (2 ft 11 in – 3 ft 9 in) and wingspan of 2.17–2.44 m (7 ft 1 in – 8 ft 0 in) it is the largest species of frigatebird.
72. Length. 7,305 yards (6,680 m) Course record. 61; Ross Fisher (2017) The Old Course at St Andrews, also known as the Old Lady or the Grand Old Lady, [2][3][4] is considered the oldest golf course [5][6] in the world. It is a public course over common land in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland and is held in trust by the St Andrews Links Trust under ...
Man o' War Cup. The Man o' War Cup, originally the Kenilworth Gold Cup, [1] is a solid gold trophy that commemorates the winners of the Travers Stakes, held each August at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York, United States. Since 1936, Winners of the Travers, affectionately called the "Mid-Summer Derby" have their name inscribed ...