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JWAR ADMIRAL WORKS Covers Mile and a Quarter in 2:08y5 at Belmont Saturday Morning. Gallops Evenly All the Way and Finishes in Handy Fashion — Owners to Meet Wednesday. NEW YORK, N. Y., May 21.— The time having arrived for the trainers of Seabiscuit and War Admiral to apply the finishing touches in the preparation of the two mighty thoroughbreds for the meeting in the Championship Special at Belmont Park on Memorial Day, George Conway sent the Samuel D. j Riddle ace over the match race distance of a mile and one-quarter Saturday morning in I the time of 2:08%. Piloting the four-year-old son of Man o War — Brushup, by Sweep, through his long trial, was Charles Kurtsinger, who will be in the Riddle silks of black and yellow on May 30 when War Admiral and Seabiscuit square off in their long-awaited clash. War Admiral ran evenly all the way and finished in handy fashion, which greatly pleased trainer Conway. He had Gentle ; Savage as a running mate during the open- 1 ing three-quarters, whereupon Army Banners joined in to pace the Man o War colt , through the final half mile. GALLOPS WITH GENTLE SWAYS. Conway had War Admiral and Gentle Savage break away from the mile and a quarter post on the mile and a half track, and they covered the opening furlong in :12% and , the quarter in :24. The three furlongs was completed in :36 and half mile in :48%. ! Still in company, the two horses went to the five-eighths in 1:01%, and upon concluding the three-quarters, which was at the half-mile post, in 1:14%, Gentle Savage retired. The exercise boy on Army Banners was i waiting for War Admiral and broke his j mount several lengths in front of the 1937 three-year-old champion. Army Banners car- 1 ried War Admiral to the seven-eighths in 1 1:27% and the mile in 1:41%. Still going along smoothly and well within himself, the mighty atom did the mile and a furlong in 1:55, and went on the final post in 2:08%, with Kurtsinger exerting very little pressure on his charge. By quarters War Admirals time was 24, :24%, :25%, :27% and :26%, the last eighth being covered in :13%. The slowest quarter was around the final turn, the colt speeding up when straightened away in the stretch. An interested spectator of War Admirals workout was John Hay Whitney, a director ! of the Westchester Racing Association, who played an important part in arranging the 00,000 special more than a month ago. Whitney, who has just returned from a trip to Europe, is the owner of Gentle Savage, which he loaned to trainer Conway to go with War Admiral for the first three-quarters of his trial. SEABISCUIT RESTS. Seabiscuit had a day off and his trainer, ! Tom Smith was content to walk the Cali-j fornia representative. The five-year-old son of Hard Tack— Swing On, by Whisk Broom II., was sent a mile Friday, and probably will not work again until Monday or Tuesday. Charles S. Howard, owner of Seabiscuit, returned from a trip to Bermuda with Mrs. Howard and conferred with his trainer Saturday, after which he stated that he was well-pleased with the condition of his horse and again expressed confidence that his horse would prove the superior of War Admiral. P. A. B. Widener II., another Belmont Park director, who is acting for his father, Joseph E. Widener, president of Westchester Racing Association, during the latters illness, stated Saturday that owners Howard and Riddle, with their trainers, would be asked to meet at a conference with the tracks match race committee not later than Wednesday to settle upon final details of the race, the most important of which is the starting problem.
