The Washington herald., 1922-11-28
WAR PENNANT
OFFERS TRUTH
\ OF GRIlMNESS
Former Idol Of Turf Today Run
ming on HaIf-miIe Tracks
With Poorest culIs.
By FRANK G. MENKE.
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- UST Q few brief years ago
War Pennant was the pride
" Of the mighty J. K. L. Ross
stable-the idol and the pet In q
barn which housed such turf won-
ders as Billy Kelly, Sir Barton
and other whiriwinds.
And today that same War
Pennant. the 100000 race horse,
is running on the half-mile tracks
with the culls and the riff-raff Of
turfdom; offered for sale at q few
hundred dollars without a soul
making q bid for him.
There is tragedy!
The legs Of War Pennant. which
once carried him along in amazing
flights OF speed. crumpied and
bucl1led under him three seasons
ago. The greatest veterinarians in
America worked on him-but with
out avail. So War Pennant became
, discard from the stable where
once he was its wonder horse. Tho
new owner tried him, found his
legs faulty, and passed him on.
And today he runs on half-mile
tracks. with the outcasts OF racing;
runs with them. as best his feeble
legs permit him, tries with all the
great heart and the splendid cour-
age that ever characterized him, TO
overcome the handicap of under.
pinning which fails him ere three
furlongs have been run-and often,
almost always, he tries In vain.
NO REAL SENTIMENT.
IL there was real sentiment in
the racing world. perhaps Ross
would take him back send hin 70 q
farm and permit him TO end his
days there in certain peace and
contentment.
But sentiment is rare in the
world OF whirring hoofs. ana 30
War Pennant seems destined 20
run the half-mile tracks until the
day comes when his legs go 20
bad that a bullet will bring quick
and merciless death to a one-time
king of racers.
Funny what a great differenc"
a few months and a championship
! can make.
Pancho Villa arrived in New
York late in May from his home
in the Philippines. His first fight
was against Abe Goldstein in June.
/ for which Pancho was paid the
huge sum OF s431.
Five months later Pancho. having
gained a flyweight championship
me- nwhile, fought the same Gold
4 stein and got a trif1e less than
$4,000 for his end.
WHERE Is THY sTINGe"
As to garneness and utter fear
of death:
A year ago Jimmy Williams. now
captain of the Amherst College
team. suffered a terrible injury in
an inch OF breaking his neck, and
so injured his spine that a brace
for the neck is necessary.
You never can play football
again. or indulge in anv form ~
violent exercise" the doctors told
him. ANY hard jolt or jar may
mean DEATH"
Williams, wearing a brace for his
head and neck, has played every
F, game which Amherst scheduled this
year-played il with a fierceness. a
savagery and brilliance that
makes him stand forth as one OF
the greatest guards OF 1922.
INvENTS NEW PUNCH.
: Add the Perfectly Delightful
Punch" TO the list which includes
the corkscrew, the solar plexus, rab
bit. and the others.
States. unbelted IL.
u Happened i'm tussle staged in
Merric oil Hinsland. involving our
Mike and Johnny Bashan. the Eng
lish welter and middleweight. Every
thing was going along nicely until
the third round. Then Mike ended
tire show. the finish being described
in this fashion by one Of the English
sport writers:
"McTighe won with a perfectly Do
lighUul punch. II Travelled little
more than six inches. but Travelled
straight and true to its mark. which
! was Basham's chin. When that Der
fectly delightful punch struck
: Basham the latter went down and
was out for several minutes"
, Wonder what that fellow would
: christen Dempsey's smackers II ne
had seen the champ bounce a few
Off Willard. Fulton. Miske, and
Georges Carpenter?