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...Then as a great, oppressive silence fell over the spectators, Gourdin started, his spikes swishing through the air. They flashed in the sunlight and his powerful strides had carried him to the edge of the jumping pit. He had measured his stride perfectly, and he did not have to falter or shorten or lengthen it. Then he bunched his strong body together, and, as he leaped high and far, it looked as if he were a human projectile fired from some unseen and unheard...
...Venezuelan agent bought him for a paltry $1,200 and shipped him off to Caracas, where he was sold to Millionaire Horseman Pedro Baptista for $6,000. Nursed through his early infirmities, Cañonero grew into a strapping three-year-old with an exceptionally long (30 ft.) stride. When Venezuela's top rider, Gustavo Avila, was put in the saddle last March, Cañonero reeled off three straight wins. Convinced that he had a winning combination, Baptista packed his horse off to the Kentucky Derby. Cañonero, warned one Caracas newspaper, would be "hopelessly outclassed...
...last weekend I went to Pittsburgh, and I discovered there that baseball still is the national pastime. Visiting a 70-year-old couple, the topic of conversation ranged from Stargell's stride to Oliver's glove. This couple knew Doc Eliss's repertoire of pitches better than Gil Hodges...
...first, and only, break of the game. DeMichele hit a solid single to center and Varney followed with a drive to the right-center fence. DeMichele held at third, but Witkoski booted the cut-off play from the outfield and DeMichele beat the throw to the plate by a stride...
...possible, of course, that he had chosen to fight the drift toward separatism by raising the specter of Soviet troublemaking. But there is no doubt that the Soviets would like to see Yugoslavia disintegrate. If Tito manages to arrange a genuine succession, he will have made another great stride toward achieving a reasonably democratic Marxist society. If he fails, Yugoslavia could splinter under the weight of separatist feeling and Soviet meddling...