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Show Attractions At The Theaters SMASHING DRAMA OF RACK TRACKS A new First National drama dealing with the sport of kings, "Down the Stretch," opens at the Ritz theatre, Friday, with Mickey Rooney, Patricia Ellis and Dennis Den-nis Moore In . the leading roles. The' story is built around a boy who is unable to get a job with any stable because his father, a famous jockey had thrown a race, but is finally taken under the wing of a woman owner ' of a famous Kentucky racing stable. Even then he is given no opportunity oppor-tunity to ride because of the prejudice pre-judice of the trainer. He has made friends with a colt considered consid-ered bad but. peads in vain to race it. But when the horse depended on to win the Derby has been injured, in-jured, a chance is taken on the youthful jockey and the horse as the last chance. The two streak under the wire to win, upholding the traditions of the stables for which they run. |