Word: stretches
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...mile Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland in Lexington, Ky. What happened reminded oldtimers of such valiant past performers as Display and Exterminator. After almost getting left at the post, Boss Man got going when the race was nearly over, charged hell-for-leather through & around horses in the stretch, won by a neck. Said amazed Eddie Arcaro, who has ridden many a champion: "He's a hell of a horse-when you really dig into...
...were Haire and Kennett of Rhode Island. The half mile was the closest race of the day. In the backstretch Bill Ellis, of Harvard, had the lead and George Finn of Holy Cross was second. Around the turn, mile winner O'Leary turned on the heat but down the stretch it was O'Brien of Harvard who managed to grab the lead and heat out the competition to the tape. His time was 2:2.4. O'Leary was second and Goldstein and Cashman of Rhode Island finished third and fourth...
...portentous domestic scene, he and Susan got engaged that evening. He remembers the long, sickening period after he was laid off (from a turret lathe), when he pawned his tools, and pounded the pavements, while Susan's work in a bookstore supported them both. He remembers the long stretch before he was drafted when he worked the night shift in a defense plant and he and Susan saw each other only on their way to & from their jobs. And he remembers Susan's constant desire for a child, and his own constant fear of it, so long...
Step Down, Please. In Elizabeth, N.J., Auto Passenger Armando Brito awoke, decided to get out and stretch, floated briefly through the air, became acutely aware that the car had been six feet up on an automatic lift...
With this loss the mermen rounded out a season of eight victories in ten starts, while the Elis remain unbeaten over a two-year stretch...