1.   Alysheba ran a distant fourth and Sunday Silence saw his bid for a Triple Crown fall short by eight lengths.

2.   And Senator Marc R. Pacheco of Taunton placed a distant fourth, trouncing all comers in his hometown of Taunton but showing poorly in the rest of the district.

3.   And we were a distant fourth.

4.   ABC was a distant fourth in advertising, behind the Dumont Broadcasting Network, which in short order it acquired.

5.   Cadbury ranks third in the global soft-drinks industry but runs a distant fourth in America.

6.   Cleveland Indians first baseman Jim Thome is a distant fourth in the All-Star voting.

7.   Ducks quarterback Joey Harrington finished a distant fourth in the Heisman Trophy balloting.

8.   Globe Telecom is a distant fourth in the industry.

9.   In fact, earlier this year a French businessman who is a rival of American Express taunted the company as being a distant fourth in the French travel market.

10.   In the polls, he was running a distant fourth in his independent bid.