The New York herald., 1922-06-25

anjamin Blocks mighty Norwich, who
a decisively beaten colt.
? Whiskaway ran a powerfulrace, but
to win he was compelled to utilize
every ounce of speed and stamina he
possessed. Thibodeaux proved HIM
Whiskaway to do his mightiest to win
by half a length. Richard T. Wilson's
Pillory, winner of the Preakness and
the Belmont stakes, was outrun from
the start and never a dangerous con-
tender. He finished fourth.
Whiskaway stepped over the one
mile and a quarter route in the ex-
ceptionally fast time of 2:02 As, only
one-fifth OF second behind the rec
ord for the course established by Busy
Signal last year.
Norwich was the favorite in the race
and was SO heavily backed that
Whiskaway paid the real good odds of
s11.20 in the So mutuel machines.
Norwich Displays Speed.
Norwich displayed more early speed
than he did in the Carlton Stakes at
Aqueduct a week ago. He sped away
from the barrier on his toes. took COM
mand in the first sixteenth of mile
and sailed along in front at dizzy
pace for half mile. At that point
Penman gave Whiskaway free rein and
touch of the whip ana in few strides
the speedy son of Whiskbroom was in
command.
Once in the lead Penman took a snug
hold on his mount and allowed him to
run as he liked. This was sufficiently
good TO open up gap on his opponents,
who were led by Norwich. Half a mile
from home Whiskaway looked like an
easy winner. But the terrific early
pace began to have its deadly effect on
him and Norwich. and both began to
shorten the cir stride
AS they entered the home stretch Thf-
bodeau began to move up. He quickly
/ sped past Norwich and gained with
every bound on Whiskaway A furlong
from home Penman realized the danger
OF Thibodeau, and while the thousands
yelled and screened themselves hoarse
he began TO ply the whip. The little
fellow is not very strong. but he put all
Of his strength into his blows. They
evidently stung his mount. for whiska-
way responded to every lash and, dis
playing rare courage and stamina.
fought on and remained in front to the
end
The vast throng went into frenzy of
excitement over the thrilling contest
They hailed Whiskaway as the greatest
colt OF his age In the country and cheered
him for several minutes Thousands
swarmed onto the track to greet his re-
turn to the saddle and it was with great
Gifficulty that the police were able to
clear the track for the next race
After the race both Mr.. Block and
Fred Burlew, his trainer. exclaimed in
one breath: mo excuses for our defeat,
! the best horse won,' and that was the
| opinion of ALL
While James Rowe gets credit for
preparing Whiskaway. he did no more
TO bring victory to the Whitney colors
than did Jockey Penman. The little
fellow was as cool and collected when
he carie back TO the stand as any vet
eran rider at the track. He obeyed his
riding orders implicitly.
Let Norwich take the lead IL he
wants to-" Rowe told Penman as he
swung his leg across the big chestnut.
but don't let him get too far away.
keogh Will be thinking that you are
! going out and run him TO death. When
you feel like passing him. go to the
And that's what Penman did. lie per-
mitted Norwich TO step out the first
half in 0:46iz. The six furlongs were
covered in ILL 1-5.
A beautiful Course.
The Latonia course is the most beau
tiful In the West In many respects IL
resembles Saratoga. II is amid a set of
hills and in the center of IT Is a lake
which adds to its beauty. The grand
stand Is not huge one like that at
Belmont Park or Saratoga. but II can
accommodate 10000 persons. To take
care of to-day's throng Matt winn, the
manager. had thousands of extra seats
erected and all OF these were occupied
before noon. The stand and boxas were
taken early and the thousands began to
swarm into the field long before the
first race
IL seemed as IL all the middle West
were there. There were Governors and
Mayors and Senator's and Representa-
tives galore and while only a few So
cial lights from the East were present.
there we're hundreds OF persons OF inter-
national social prominence In the gath
ering
Mr.. Whitney was not present 10 sea
the race. He was at Aqueduct watch
ing his two-year-old colts run In the
Great American Stakes. But Mr. Will
son was there So were Mr.. Block, Mr.
Perkins and Mr.. Shannon. owner of
Norwich. Thbodeaux and Deadlock re-