Word: stretch
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Every year sports writers manufacture a little but of color and drama for the Derby. In 1958 it was the fantastic stretch running of Silky Sullivan (who finished eighth.) In 1959 it was Silver Spoon's attempt to become the second filly in history to win the classic. In 1961 the race was pictured as a virtual class struggle and a triumph of the American Way when the ill- bred Carry Back, the horse from the other side of the tracks, won, the race with a brilliant stretch drive. Last year no one made much of as effort to deny...
...make their bids late in the race. (Candy Spots prefers to run this way; he has a tendency to get lazy when he is leading.) Near the wire, No Robbery will have faded out of contention, Never Bend and Chateaugay will be wearing each other out in the stretch run, and Candy Spots will overhaul the leaders in the last sixteenth...
...start and try to hold the lead all the way. Never Bend, Bonjour, and Chateaugay will all run close to the pace. It is doubtful that No Robbery can last the distance with such tremendous pressure on him every step of the way. Toward the top of the stretch. Never Bend and Chateaugay will make their move against the leader...
...Stretch Run Will Win for "Candy...
...unless the offense comes out of its present lethargic state, Del Rossi's energy could go for naught. In its last 29 innings of baseball, the varsity has scored seven runs, three of which have been unearned. And in this same stretch it has come up with only one extra base hit--and that was a double. Gavin Gilmore presently leads the team with a .367 batting average...