Seabiscuit In Long Trial For Pimlico Special, Daily Racing Form, 1938-10-28

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SEABISCUIT IN LONG TRIAL FOR PIMLICO SPECIAL BALTIMORE Md Oct 27 Seabiscuit un ¬ derwent his final long trial for his race against War Admiral at Pimlico this after noon when he went over the mile and three sixteenths route of the 15000 Pimlico Spe ¬ cial in 200 finishing in handy fashion fashionRidden Ridden by George Woolf and having up more than the 120pound impost he will shoulder Tuesday the fiveyearold son of I Hard Tack and Swing On by Broomstick went through a trial that was very pleasing to Mr and Mrs Charles S Howard and 1 trainer Tom Smith Woolf likewise expressed his satisfaction as to the manner in which the horse moved under him himWithout Without a preliminary gallop and accom ¬ panied by the Chileanbred Jaleo Seabiscuit went into aciton at the threesixteenths pole and went the first furlong in He was timed the quarter in 24 the three fur ¬ longs in 35 and half mile in 48 At the end of four and a half furlongs which was the fiveeighths pole Jaleo began pulling up As Seabiscuit continued alone he began to loaf whereupon Woolf roused him with his whip after which the horse went more willingly and had something left in the later stages He was timed the fiveeighths in 102 threequarters in 115 mile in 139 and the mile and a furlong in 153 The Pimlico track was in fast condition conditionI I It was announced that only a small num ¬ I ber of reserved seats in the grandstand re ¬ mained unsold that all boxes had been dis ¬ posed of for some time


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