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  1.                                                                                 MILESTONES, Page 74
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  4.     HOSPITALIZED. Bill ("The Shoe") Shoemaker, 59, the most
  5. successful jockey in Thoroughbred-racing history; with paralyzed
  6. limbs, a broken pelvis and internal injuries suffered when his
  7. four-wheel-drive vehicle plunged down a 50-ft. embankment in an
  8. apparently alcohol-related accident; in Inglewood, Calif.
  9. Shoemaker, who became a trainer after retiring 14 months ago,
  10. won 8,833 races and purses worth $123.4 million during his
  11. 41-year career.
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