Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-19
BENJAMIN BLOCK PLANS
BIG DRIVE WITH NORWICH
Will Not Pursue Same Cam.
paign as Did Riddle
With Man o. War.
TO ENTER KENrucKY DERBY
Champion American .-Yenr-Oid \.
Now winterInx In Jams Icn and VIII
lie Gotten Ready for Impending
Contests for This Yeur

lie Gotten tendy for impending
Contests for This Year.
NEW YORK. Feb. 1S.-l}enjnmin
Block Will not this year pursue
plan OF campaign with Norwich, the
champion American a-year-old OF
1874. sfrnilar to that Samuel d. Riddle
Following In 1920 with Man o. War,
tho juvenile star of the season OF
1919. Mr.. Riddle, hearkening to the
misgirings OF his trainer. was moved
| TO announce In the early spring OF
| 1920 that he would not have Man o.
war prepared for race of one mile
and n quarter that WIS to be run as
early as the first Saturday OF May.
| even IL that race WAS to DO $40,-
600 affair. Accordingly Man o. War.
the destined 3-ysar-old champion, did
not appear In the Kentucky derby
renewal Of this season. which was
won by Paul Jones. n second rater,
which happened to have condition on
most Of his opponests and u lot of
racing luck.
Riddle Refused otter.
| And. because Mr.. Riddle did not
| elect In the ensuing autumn to ac-
cept tho proposition OF Colonel Matt
J. VIM. the directing genius OF Ken
lucky racing. to race IL Man o. War
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purse against iron Extermlnator, the
| distance running champion of three
seasons. at either Latonia or Church
| Hill Downs In October or November.
patrons of Western racing were
cheated Of the opportunity OF seeing
the horse OF the century" in action.
| Man o War was shown under the
saddle at the old Lexington course
last spring. but only In an exhibition
canter.
Mr. Block. who sailed originally
from Chicago. hut whose busin, SIS
now ia in Wall Street. has authorized
New York representative Of the Ken
lucky Jocker Club to proclaim
broadcast that Norwich. which Is
wintering in Jamaica. will he got
ready for the impending renewal Of
tho kentucky d,r.y IL getting sim
ready be phyaica.iy possi''c. and, af
ter running In the Kentucky derb".
that hc Will he pointed for tho La
| tcnia derby rGrcwai also Between
the time of the running OF the Ken
lucky derby. which will be the first
of the great American spring B.
year Id specials decided This year
az IL has bo", for many SEASON.
past. and the decision OF the great
i.atonia race Of one mile and half
lie VIII start n the Itrnkness re-
ncwal at Pimlico. and such other
events OF Importance for horses Of
his :ge as Il may appear practicable
= prepare Kim for.
WIN Exhibit Norwich.
1t is Mr.. Blocks attitude that
Norwich. which Thomas, Welsh and
other discriminating students OF rae
ing form have declared TO he as good
"A horse, on what he showed last sea-
son, as Man o. War ever was. belongs
to the racing fraternity of the North
American Continent and TO the peo-
pie generally. He regards himself
mereIyans tho custodian, for racing OF
this brilliant California; bred son of
Runnymede and Hymir and reckons
1t sacred obligation to show the
colt in rs many places as possible to
tho end that the greatest number OF
the supporters of racing and others
may see just what he can do.
Last year Norwich met all corners
without considering weather or track
conditions, no matter what weight
he was asked to shoulder or what
concessions were required OF him.
More fortunate than Man o, War had
been in 1919, he succeeded I'm passing
through his first season without meet
ing defeat. Man o. War, II will be
recalled, was defeated in the Sanford
memorial renewal of 1919 by Upset
the destined winner of the I.atonia
Derby revival of the. following year
Man q Wars defeat in the Sanford
memorial renewal, undoubtedly. was
attributable to poor handling AMI In
no sense his fault. Nevertheless he
was beaten.
In eleven races last season Norwich
earned little more than $4,000
Man o Wars earnings as a two-year-
old were sS3325. Man o. War and
Norwich, both won renewals of the
Saratoga Hopeful, a guaranteed value
race of 100000. the Fair Play colt
=. arningS $4,000 in 1919. the Runny-
| medc colt s34.990 IN 1921. Man o
, War was lucky enough TO have been
eligible to start i'm the Belmont Park
!, futurity of 1919. which he won in
brilliant fashion. beating John +
Grier.
) Norwich did not happen TO be Gig
. ible to race in the Belmont Park flu
turity revival OF 1921, which Bunting
one OF his prospective Kentucky
Derby opponents. won. But, after
his victory in the Hopeful. he went
down to iavre de Grace and earned
$7100 by winning a renewal of the
, Eastern Shore handicap. After the
Eastern Shore he earned another sis.-
700 by winning the Maryland Flu
turity Inaugural. There was no
Maryland Futurity in 1918. II there
had been. very likely. Man o. War
would have won t.. Whatever Man
o. War might have done TO Norwich, or
Norwich to him, II the two colts had
happened 10 have been of the same
age and had met in a race OF one
mile. there is no gainsaying that Man
O. War dominated the 2-ycar-old rae
ing of 1919. as pronouncedly as Nor
vich did the Juvenile racing of 1921
| BY winning the impending renewal
OF the Kentucky Derby. Norwich may
possibly. get Il start that Will enable
him to equal the record Man O. War
made as Il money winner in 1920. Man
o. War earned S1G6,14O as 3-year-
old and retired TO the stud. prema
turely. most folk thought. with tins
matter OF s249,46o In earnings to his
credit Add 100000 to the $4,000
Norwich earned last season and the
total will be 1891 900. which Is n
greater sum than any American
thoroughbred of the past has account.
ed for.
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