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Show V "IMS It Happened I in Sports Marion H Walker come on without prodding. By the time the horses had reached the stretch, she had closed to 20 lengths. Then, V;ih one final stroke of the bat, the mare's colors leapt up to engulf the leaders and pull away for an easy victory. vic-tory. Star Ruby had run the last mile of the gruelingrace In the incredible time of 1.43. It was as game a stretch drive as the sport has ever seen. The Thornton Stakes used to be a four mile race held In California annually, but has been discontinued for . the sprint races. But on the occassionofthe running of the race a jockey named Willie Martin had been given strict orders beforehand be-forehand concerning the handling of his horse, Star Ruby, no matter what. Martin Mar-tin was not to prod Star Ruby until the last mile. This seemed to be a bad strategy, for Star Ruby favored fav-ored to win, had fallen back 100 lengths. But at the half mile, Star Ruby began to |