Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-02
NORWICH TO Be GROOMED
FOR GREAT TURF CLASSIC
Sensation OH Track Last Year
Entered in Kentucky
Derby.
SIZE or PURSE 40 OBJECT
Owner Block PASSES tn Prcakncss
In Favor of Race which !. ,.y-
Word Among Followers Of Amer
lean Thorourh hrrds.

lean ThoroughhrcdS.
NEW YORK, April THE author
i'atiNe announcement by Benjamin
Block. the broker of New York city
whose ColoTs the brilliant California;.
bred 2-ycar-UId Norwich bore to clev-
en- successive Victories last sca=un
on Eastern race courses. that Nor
Nich is To start in the Impending
renewal Of the Kentucky Derby ii
getting him ready for n race OF one
mile and quarter 10 he ran on the
18th Of May proves possible, as now
seems certain. will be received with
keen satisfaction by the racing fra
teinity of the United states and Can
ada. The Kentucky Derby and the
PreakneSs stakes. both races of 500
600 taGdcd money!. the derby a gal
lop of one mile and quarter. the
1'rcakncss a dash OF one mile and
q furlOnG, viii be renewed ON the
same day, the prcakncSS at the old
Pimlico course. OF Maryland. the der
by at Churchill Downs Louisville.
and the Vests most popular racing
place.
The shipping phase of Morvich's
early spring practice program would
seem To have favored his starting
in the prcakncss. He trains at ia
nlaica. Long Island. only 4 couple OF
hundred miles distant from Balti-
Iiicic' 'NNlCHlll DOWNS - bVu or
700 miles away. The winners share
of tho rrcakncss purse. now that
the Maryland Jockey club. Jealous
Of the prestige of its best spring
race. has added $4,000 TO ii to meet
the competition of the derby for
leadership as regards purse values
in the Held of American 3-ycar-old
racing, may this year top 10y "A few
dollars the winners share OF the
= lt
IONS We're waived by MIR. black
"a he came to decide what he
would ii" this spring with the juvc-
iii" champion OF the season past
aud ;hc most highly thought of OF
tic swear olds of the season com
t's Nor did the fact that Norwich.
provided he started in the Prcakncss.
would be required To make conccs-
SONS OF tour, eight and twelve
hounds Ia colts which did not last
year win considerable sums. but
winch have shown the highest prom
Iae nevertheless. balanced against the /
circumstances that the colt might
meet on even terms as regards
weights all derby competitors. weigh
heavily AGAINST the Prcakncss in fa-
vcr of the derby
kcntucky Dcrb. OLD Rncc
Mr. Block has chosen the derby
~ the great spring race in which
1870" vi! START ON We 18TH OF
Nay provided ne continues 10 train
#tacturily. for - variety OF req
'-'@ IN all OF which there are Gle
Ni' at sentiment Thu derby. the
American 3-ycur-o,d special
tnh'"kcn history. is the best
% ana most wild .ly popular race
american calendar. Wherever
'-hHrcGs are Produced. whcr.
""!Se racing is Il popular sport
4 -.
! -NL discussed by Wholesome
" women. the Kentucky Der
ruMrth!nS of hy-wovd. From
'u" tAc nominations for it's sue
renewals are announced IN
''"is To the day uI its running
AND weekly papers Of the
81. =, atcs ana Canada. Of Europc.
Ia>.a and South America are
news 81 it, OF Information
'H past performances of its an
go '.,.S SHre and potential contest
.i": population as 10 their flu
sure B.. ,rCCts
b" sH:t" OF restrictions with which
a." !"" hesitation has everywhere
.'.iS,' harmless speculation about
thousands and tens of thousands of
Americans ana Canadians manage to
ii"ht '"is on the outcome OF its re-
HvN"'' Millions ts.f doiIars are
"a#'r"d in ''futuGS" !.lsd6ooks win
"'''T winter on the. chances OF
the various derby nominations NOT
vi;hstanding winter betting on The
results OF other so-Callcd classics
'h"t ar" annually revived on this
SO" OF the Atlantic was long ago
discontinued. Probably the betting
IN IN" so-callcd future books on The
"atc"m" Of the Impending derby. in
Wh''h Norwich rules favoritc over
AZ! 81 has rivals of last season. but
al
ucul"r!!. has been heavier than has
acen the Speculation on tho. rrsrIt
OF any other derby since the DAVIS
OF James O.Leary and Joseph III
man This is circumstance sir.
b."eE. small bcttor himself. has
carefully considered
4Ae popularity Of Kentucky Derby
renewals merely as contests r,ru-
lA'ly attcstcd by the size and ,cn.
festhiati'c character Of the crowds
That gather at Churchill Downs Ia
witness them. From every poin, OF
Inc compass men and women Journey
thousands ~ miles 10 see siIcrcssi,.
derby fields gallop their gruciIirr
mile ana e quarter, whether the, sun
DC SHINING ana the going fast or tho
SKIES be overcast and the footing
heavy. Every element and conGirjn,,
OF american ana Canadian !ito il
10 he found in these crowds Spr
va trains roar cast from the Pacific
coast picking up sleepers AZ sal,
LAX. city, Denver. kansas CIV and
~ LOUIS north and northeast from
New Orleans and Mobile and tho
huid oil country OF Mexico. Oklahoma
ana Texas northwest from tho yin
Ter resorts of Cuba FIoridn ana
Georsia' south ana southwos, rrnr
MINNEAPOLIS ana st Paul. winning
Chicago. Milwaukee. Detroit. Mnr,
treai, Buffalo and Toronto. ives, r,o,r
Boston. Sow YORK. PHILADELPHIA
Washington and Pittsburgh. ncrny
week at Louisville is a week If
abundant harvest for the hotels and
Restaurants. tho purvcyors Of :Iuus.
nents and tho merchants
The most cherished traditions Sr
American racing al" interviewer ~
the fascinating history OF The Ken
tuchy Derby, which. instituted In
1875. numbers among its winners
fuch hiers as ArIstides. Naeran,.
Fonso' Nindoo. Leonatus. Joe cotton
Ben ALI Spokane Riley. Tynhonn.
Eamla, Ben Brush. PlaudIt. AIau-a
Dale. Sir Huon. Meridian. old Rose
bud. Regret. George Smith. Omar
Rhayyam, Exterininator Sir Barton.
Paul Jones and Behave Yourself