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X MORVICH TO GO ON, SAYS BENJAMIN BLOCK | Benjamin Pi •■■• . took the first defeat of Morvich in a right spirit, saying: I said some time ago that I would I rim Morvich in the Carlton and I k"pt ! my word. It was asking a lot of him to give away so much weight to a c it of ti. - class of Whiskaway. The raca will do him good and he will be sent 1 out for his other engagements as they I Lire readied." ! Jockey Alfred Johnson expressed surprise when he heard hOW fast the race was. •They heat DM away from th * gate a little," said the rider, "but St that j ! the colt didnt seem to have as m:;ch ! snap as he usually does. It was a fast race all right and my colt. g." d as he is. couldnt give away that much weight to a horse of the class of Whiskaway." • Harry Payne Whitney saw th» race from the club house and shouted like I a good fellow as soon as he saw his i colors in front at the start. After the race he walked into the Infield arm-in-arm ! with his trainer, James Rowe. ■ Whiskaway is a home-bred, was raised at Brookdale and is by the Broomstick horse Whisk Broom II.. a great performer in England and this country and admittedly as good looking a sire as there i.; in this country. The darn of Whiskaway is the little ■ Voter mare which Jack Joyner trained for William C. Whitney In England ! and which has proved such a fine matron. She is the dam of Flags. Panoply i and other good ones baatdas the Carlton winner. I*. - /
