New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-05-14
Rlock's Horse Romps
Home in kentucky Clas'
&c for $50, ,O0OPurseb by
? Lengths in 2:04 3-5
Paws $40 for s.
AtChurchill Downs
Bet Mosie Is Second and
lohn Finn Third in the
48,h Star Turf Event
Bv VI. ]. Macbeth

CHURCHILL DOWNS. LOUls'lLl'E'
May IA great thoroughbred stepped
s,t, tho hall of turf fame at pic
,n-esoue and historic Churchill Downs
This afternoon. when Benjamin Blocks
pnbeaten Norwich cantered to the
easiest imaginable victory in Americas
most priced thoroughbred test, the
Kentucky Derby.
Admirably ridden and admirably
rated by jocky Albert Johnson, this
brown son of Runnymede-Hymir de-
lvered an exhibition OF which the
mighty Man o. War himself. ard a
i'an O. War at mis- best, might we'll
b. proud. Norwich raced as choice a
field as had gone to the post in a
Derby within the last decade into the
ground we'll within the first half mile.
then buck jumped home the rest of the
way in the good time Of 2:O43-5.
No telling how good horse Norwich
Yssl!y is. He did to-day what was ex-
rscted Of him. How much more he
could have done under pressure no
tsan car tell. In the opinion of the
sri!er. Norwich could easily have
stepped in 2:02 fiat, IL not faster. had
M equine flesh and nerve been able
70 keep close enough to press him to
h!s very best.
Behind Woodtrap's Mark
The time wasn't so much. But every-
body knows time means little in class
values in thoroughbred racing. The
seven- -yearold Woodtrap holds the dis
tinction OF the track record for the
distance. !. mile and a quarter. Wood
trap, under 1os pounds, raced the route
n 2.03 is. But any platter I'D against
r' ich TO-DAY would have been 80 far
7anccd in the first half mile tow
would have been necessary to got
! G. 20 the finish.
'ere never has been such horse in
= erica or elsewhere since paw
iey're retired his old gray marc. as
Is Zen Blocks Norwich. bar only Mnn
o Var The Riddle chestnut started
hs brilliant and unbeatable three
year-eid campaign no more impressive
i than dd the ungainly son of Runny-
neoe For Norwich is ungainly look
ms any way you take him from
front perspective.
Soul-inspiring Performance
morse or man can DO nothing more.
d. 'east tlttie more. than is asked
o. and expected Of him. When he does
Hse 10 the heights the sob sisters and
storiai writer's begin to couple him
y. ~ associations with the prefix super.
US not lAslnuated here that Norwich
heesures up to the standard of per
.fc'lon Of that horse Of the century,
Asn o "ar--a horse without & fault
OF olemish. But Man O. War never in
rs life showed up such brlllis7t
1eld With such apparent ridiculous
ease. inis son Of Runnymede has most
o. MS three -year-oid racing experience
~ prospect. Until he is beaten no one
VINO witnessed to-day's great race will
oeny MIN the heights to which that
CHESTNUT picture of physical perfec-
ton attained.
a galiop, that's All. But such eal-
JJoP' Not even john Gilpin. no. eve,
sam hall. or Jesse James on his rnost
sseienrated raid stirred SO manv red-
h!ooded pulses Of admiration. Paul Re-
S,fe ssfe rode alone, and Jesse James with
ms selected few. More than s;vtv
ssaoutand pairs of eyes were glued to
;;aorvlch IN his soul-inspiring per
ien-Minute Ovation for Winner
The Blue Grass may set too much
store on civic pride. The Kentuckian
,la! De Just a bit Drejudiccd in his
love. But that he ia in
ss,s'eiy lair can never be questioned A.
MoFvien romped hcmc through rha
s'retch he raced to 1he greatest din
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