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HOOFING IT: When the teen-ager snatched the...

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HOOFING IT: When the teen-ager snatched the elderly woman’s purse and took off, his troubles were just beginning. . . . The guy chasing him was an avid long-distance runner and a tough law and order man: Municipal Judge Anthony J. Rackauckas Jr. Leaving a restaurant near the Fullerton courthouse Tuesday night, Rackauckas and another judge witnessed a purse snatching. Even with hard-sole shoes, Rackauckas ran down the youth, and the woman’s purse was returned intact. Said Rackauckas, 48: “I kept yelling at him: “You’re mine, buddy, you’re mine !’ ”

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