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    THIS OLD GAME

    Feb 06, 2020 2 minutes
    BY JONATHAN SCHMALZBACH

    SWEEPS

    The year was 1945. Horse racing was part of the trifecta of America’s favorite sports, along with baseball and boxing. Naturally, game-makers tried to cash in on the sport’s popularity. One such company entering the field was E.E. Fairchild, which created a game called Sweeps in 1945.

    Interestingly, there is no

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