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SEABISCUIT SEABISCUIT TRIUMPHS OVER WAR ADMIRAL Western Owned Handicap Star Easily Proves His Superiority Establishes New Track Record of 1 56 for One Mile Mileand and ThreeSixteenths in Winning Pimlico Special SpecialBefore Before the Largest Crowd in History of ofthe the Baltimore Track i Specialincreased Seabiscuit by virtue of his victory over War Admiral in the Pimlico Special increased his earnings to 340480 and thereby moved Into second place exactly 36264 behind Sun Beau the largest moneywinner In the world With a number of valuable engagements remaining Seabiscuit may gain the leadership before the end of the year At present the earnings of the two leaders follow Starts First Second Third Won SUN BEAU 74 33 12 10 376744 SEABISCUIT 84 31 14 12 340480 BALTIMORE Md Nov 1 Seabiscuit all the way War Admiral gave his best but Seabiscuit looked him squarely in the eye then drew away to thoroughly establish himself as Americas foremost thoroughbred In as thrilling a match race as was ever staged Charles S Howards five yearold son of Hard Tack and Swing On by Broomstick defeated Samuel D Riddles colt by four lengths and in doing so reduced Pimlicos record for the mile and threesixteenths by onefifth of a second to 156 More than 40000 very excitable persons constituting the largest crowd ever to gather at the Maryland Jockey Club course saw Seabiscuit go into the 15000 Pimlico Special winnertakeall the underdog and emerge the champion By his victory the Californiaowned horse increased his earnings to 340480 placing him second among the worlds money winning horses 36264 below Sun Beaus record recordWOOLFS WOOLFS ALERTNESS ALERTNESSTo To George Wool should go some of the credit for Seabiscuits triumph His alert ¬ ness at the start gave Seabiscuit an advan ¬ tage which was used to excellent advantage all the way but nevertheless the race re ¬ solved itself into a test of courage on the part of the two horses and the best one won A wonA total of 78811 was wagered through the totalizator on the race with War Admiral closing at 1 to 4 Seabiscuit was held at 11 640Three to 5 each 2 mutuel ticket paying 640 Three attempts were made for a walkup start before the two horses were in an align ¬ ment satisfactory to George Cassidy the New Yorker brought here especially to of ¬ ficiate for the event Neither jockey seemed very anxious to send his mount into action on the first two occasions but they appar ¬ ently knew the third time that the horses were readyAt straight and ready At the clang of the bell both horses re ¬ sponded but instantly Woolf struck Seabis ¬ cuit with his whip and he took his advantage After a sixteenth of a mile with Woolf mak ¬ ing free use of his whip Seabiscuit jumped into a clear lead and headed for the club ¬ house turn with more than a length to spare spareRIDING RIDING TACTICS TACTICSGoing Going by the mile pole Kurtsinger took War Admiral off the rail and as he did so Woolf guided his mount well off the rail Continued on thirtieth page SEABISCUIT TRIUMPHS TRIUMPHSOVER OVER WAR ADMIRAL Continued from first page They raced nose and tail around the lower turn but as soon as they had straightened out in the back stretch Kurtsinger whipped the Man o War colt once and he forged for ¬ ward on the outside to be head and head with poleDown his rival passing the five furlongs pole Down the far straightaway they raced head and head eye to eye but with Seabis cult still enjoying a minute advantage This bitter duel continued an around the second turn Kurtsinger flaying his bat for all he was worth entering the final three furlongs Woolf likewise stung Seabiscuit and that was all the onetime Wheatley Stable selling plater required to assert his superiority over War Admiral AdmiralPassing Passing the starting point the Howard star was a head in front of the Riddle ace and with Woolf still riding with whip hands and heels his mount drew away enough to be a half length to the good with a furlong to go goWhether Whether Seabiscuit broke War Admirals heart the world probably will never know but through that final furlong the little brown colt literally told his adversary Youre the best horse go ahead and claim the glorious victory that is rightfully yours And with that War Admiral shortened his stride as Seabiscuit was driven out to his four lengths triumph triumphAlthough Although he had been the outsider Sea biscuit was genuinely applauded as a great winner as he was slowly brought back to the saddling enclosure to be affectionately greeted by his owner and his trainer and pal the veteran Tom Smith There Howard was presented with the handsome silver trophy emblematic of victory the award being made by Alfred Vandcrbilt enterpris ¬ ing Pimlico vicepresident who was respon ¬ sible for arranging the match matchConditions Conditions for the race could not have been improved upon The track was light ¬ ning fast and clear skies prevailed through ¬ out the day The event aroused so much interest that the record crowd included out ¬ standing persons from all parts of the United States and Canada CanadaBoth Both horses carried 120 pounds with Sea biscuit being equipped with blinkers Under this impost he ran the first quarter in 23 the half mile In 47 six furlongs in 111 and the mile in 136 By quarters for the first mile his fractions were 23 24 24 and 25 the final threesixteenths being cov ¬ ered in 194s 194sBoth Both riders had praise for the other after the race Woolf said Kurtsinger was the cleanest jockey hed ever competed against and the latter admired the manner in which Seabiscuit had been trained to uncover suf ¬ ficient speed to outrun War Admiral AdmiralGeorge George Conway War Admirals trainer had no comment to make but Howard said he hated to beat such fine sportsmen as Riddle and Conway but the best horse had to win
