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MEASURE STRIDES BY SPEED Statistician Figures War Admirals Stride Is Two and a Half Inches Longer Than His Rival. NEW YORK, N. Y., May 24— War Admirals average stride in his best race is two and a half inches longer than Seabiscuits, according to figures furnished by a noted New York speed handicapper and racing statistician here today. With the modesty traditionally attributed to the men who burn the midnight oil, this statistician asks that his name be withheld, but he swears by his figures, as do many successful turfmen. The figure demon takes the best race of each horse and through foot-speed-per-sec-pnd strikes an average stride on each horse. At various times during a race the stride lengthens or shortens, the latter when the horse is tiring during the final stages, but the average stride seems to be a sound comparison. He says War Admirals best speed race was his victory in the 1937 Belmont Stakes here and Seabiscuits best the Massachusetts Handicap at Suffolk Downs last year. Reckoning off these races, the figure demon states War Admirals average stride is 21 feet, I* inches and Seabiscuits is 20 feet, 11*4 inches. He accounts for Seabiscuits shorter stride because of the son of Hard Tacks style of running. His stride is choppy and he is given to tucking his feet under him."
