Word: backstretch
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...Alex Wilson of Canada. He fumbled giving the baton to Eddie Tolan and ten yards were lost. But then George Simpson, Ohio State's "Buckeye Bullet," cut five yards off the lead and little Genung started after Hampson. He caught him at 440 yd., passed him in the backstretch, finished 70 yd. ahead. Then the crowd found out that De Mers' single javelin-throw had been 198 ft. 4½ in., 8½ ft. short of New Zealander Stan Lay's, but giving the U. S. a winning total of 594 ft. ½ in. With the other...
...elapse, he was quite in his senses. Himself a horseman, smart in the hunting field when he was younger, a breeder and trainer of racers, member of a family that has raced for centuries, he knew as soon as he saw the field challenge Gallant Fox in the backstretch and get stood off on the turn that it was all over. Chatting and smiling, he watched Gallant Fox come in first. Gallant Knight and Ned O finish second and third respectively, then went out in the rain to present Mr. Woodward with the Derby...