Word: homestretch
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...what was this? Another colt, far back in the ruck, had begun to gain with an effortless, terrific stride, two jumps to one. Nobody could see the jockey's colors. Was this one of the unknowns - Light Carbine, Roy crofter? They came around the last corner into the homestretch; the strange horse wore E. R. Bradley's silks - he was Bagen-baggage, running-mate of Bubbling Over. Mr. W. R. Coe looked out, ashen-faced, from his box; Pompey had failed, there was no doubt of it; he had broken at the mile-turn. Bubbling Over...
...this race he elected to go out from the gun and it was this fact which made the record a possibility. Meredith was at the Harvard man's shoulder as they whisked past the furlong post in 21 4-5 and the Penn runner forged ahead entering the homestretch. Willcox was so spent by his early efforts that he finished fourth...
...citizens indicated to you very clearly the quality of the emotions which fill the hearts of Americans today. You may have been stunned at the extent of that reception, as you may be with the reception accorded to you here, but you will find as you proceed along the homestretch that these are but the first evidences of the feelings which all Americans long to show to you." Said the Daily Worker, bitter sheetlet of Chicago Communists: "Thousands of morons are gathering at Maywood, where the fliers will land, in order to get a glimpse at the red-blooded American...
...homestretch contest for seventh, however, the brush at the finish proved unprofitable for the University. Watters had been up with the best of them during the opening chapters, but had found his first race of the season not so easy after the half-way mark. He had been having it nip and tuck with Captain Holt, but it was only over the final distance that the M. I. T. leader, uncovering a perfectly timed sprint, swept past with a second's lead to finish...
...Connolly in the lead. A bad wind hindered the men coming down the back-stretch, and Ray kept behind Connolly the whole distance, taking what shelter he could. The Chicago runner then came up even with his opponent on the turn, and gradually drew away from him on the homestretch, winning the race by about five yards...