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Here and There on the Turf Turfi i I ISeahiscuit Seahiscuit Made Admiral Crack Losers Race Creditable Another Clash Is Unlikely Both May Betire in Spring Seabiscuit was the better horse Tuesday and as far as your correspondent is con ¬ cerned he is the better horse today and will continue to be so Many of War Ad ¬ mirals partisans have taken his defeat too much to heart not being willing to give Sea biscuit the praise he so Justly deserves The Man o War colt they claim did not fancy the Pimlico track as well as did Seabiscuit which may be true but the fact remains that he ran with the son of Hard Tack and Swing On by Broomstick far enough to find out for himself if he was the better horse He looked Seabiscuit in the eye and the latter gazed right back at him In that duel begin ¬ ning at the five furlongs pole where War Admiral moved to his rival one of the horses had to flinch and it wasnt Seabiscuit He kept on running and the other weakened weakenedThe The time of the race was 156 constitut ¬ ing a new Pimlico record for the mile and threesixteenths distance over which so many good horses have performed in the Preak ness Dixie and Riggs Handicaps In being defeated four lengths War Admiral went the route in 157 which is exactly the time required by Seabiscuit to capture the Riggs last fall Seabiscuit had to run faster to beat War Admiral and he was good enough to do it If the latter was the superior horse he would have done just what Seabiscuit did and their positions at the finish would have been reversed The Hard Tack fiveyearold clearly proved himself War Admirals master and in doing so established himself as Americas champion thoroughbred a su ¬ premacy which should not be doubted doubtedMore More than a year was required to bring the two horses together and it seems very unlikely they will ever clash again Samuel D Riddle naturally is a very disappointed person and may be willing to send War Admiral against Seabiscuit again but his present plan is to send the colt to Narragan sett Park to compete In the Rhode Island Handicap on November 12 Seabiscuit also is entered in that race and Narragansett has promised to increase the purse from 10000 to 25000 if both horses arc in the starting field but Charles S Howard is keeping the champion at Pimlico for the Bowie Handicap on November 15 This is a mile and five furlongs affair with a 10 000 purse in which Esposa nipped Seabiscuit last fall and Howard seemingly is anxious for revenge Howard revengeHoward probably would not be adverse to another meeting of the two horses but it would have to be for a much greater sum than the 15000 posted for the Pimlico Spe ¬ cial With Seabiscuits total earnings less than 40000 below Sun Beaus record amount the purse probably would have to be that much or more If Narragansett or Bowie doesnt make the offer Seabiscuit will head for California perhaps never to return Once he places himself above Sun Beau the son of Hard Tack is to be re ¬ tired to Howards ranch to enter the stud He is to be pointed for the 100000 Santa Anita Handicap but Howard is hopeful his star can overcome Sun Beaus advantage before that event next March Victory in that race however would send Seabiscuit far ahead of Sun Beau even if he didnt win anything else elseFuture Future plans for War Admiral other than his invasion of Narragansett havent been Continued on thirtyfirst page HERE AND THERE ON THE TURF TURFContinued Continued from second page determined by Riddle and George Conway There is a strong possibility ho will be sent to Hialcah Park again but whether he goes after a second victory in the Widener Chal ¬ lenge Cup or notj the son of Man o War and Brushup by Sweep appears headed for stud duty next spring at Faraway Farm where his illustrious sire Is standing and where he was bred and raised Riddle apparently isnt interested in the moneywinning record real ¬ izing that it would be necessary to give War Admiral a much harder campaign and to ask him to shoulder greater imposts The Philadelphia owner would never consent to that even though War Admiral has never flinched from carrying weight
