Pitching A Winning Combination; At Horseshoe Showdown, Season Ends in a Ringing Finale From: The Washington Post | Date: September 26, 1995| Author: Peter Finn | Copyright 1995 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Ron Daugherty doesn't mess with the flip.

No sir.

"I throw a one-and-three-quarters, world-class turn," he says, gripping a horseshoe between the thumb and first two fingers of his gnarled right hand. "Wouldn't look at a flip."

Daugherty bends his left knee, shimmies his back and then arches forward to release the horseshoe. It sails on a flat trajectory through the air, turning the required 1 3/4 times, before it hooks the peg 40 feet away with a sweet clang.

"Ho h...

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