Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-04-27
RACE HORSE HAS
10 ATTENDANT IS,
A PRIVATE CAR
Norwich Is the Popular Fa-
vorite For the 48th Re-
neWaI of the Kentucky
Derby at Louisville.

New York, April 26 tby the AS
ISOLATED Press.)-If horses were
fed with silver spoons. Norwich
the wonder horse of last year and
perhaps this, would lick his mas
saged lips around a silver handle
and drink his nectar from a golden
urn, but as it is, the reigning king
Of the turf must worry along with
ten attendants, a pony-in-walting
and a private car.
Norwich is the popular favorite
for the forty eighth annual renew
al of the Kentucky derby at Louis
Vile, May 13, the richest and the
most sought for of the blue grass
stakes whose barrier in recent
years has sprung fame on such
pieces of horseflesh as Omar
Khayyam, Exterminator, Sir Bar
ton, Paul Jones and Behave Your
self.
Property of the Public.
Norwich is owned by Benjamin
Block, but Mr.. Block says
Norwich is the property Of the pub
lie. These balmy days Mr.. Block,
a Broadway broker. sits in his
panelled office and listens to the
claik- clatter of half a doz-
en- tape tickers ring out the praise
of his horse awhile stock transac-
lions become incidental.
Yes" said Block today. Seer
tainly I have great affection for
this thoroughbred. He has done
everything for me have asked.
Could he do more? Norwich is the
horse with a million dollar dispo-
sition and / would not care to part
with him. / am confident that he
will win the derby"
One thing Norwich recently did
for Mr.. Block was to win $115.234
last year, as a two-year-old. car
rylng his stable colors first to the
| tape each time in the eleven starts
he made, a record seldom equaled
Norwich is topped only by Man
O'War of this horse racing period,
who won 20 Of 81 starts for purses
totaling $244,465.
Another thing the unbeaten colt
| has done Is to make his owner get
up at o'clock every morning, for
shortly after that the broker-turf-
man can be seen hurrying away
from his home to watch Norwich
in his regular morning workout at
Jamaica where Fred Burlew, the
trainer, Is putting him through his
final traces.
Norwich is trained like other
thoroughbreds-as near alike as
two trainers train two different
horses-but he lives in real style.
He chews no hay except that "on
which the advertised sun of CAL
ifornia has shone and drinks none
but filtered water. He is a sleepy
son of Runnymede, basking in his
soft berth at least IA hours every
day.
Norwich travels in a specially
constructed car, with a pony sta
BILE mate and Charles White, the
assistant trainer, who takes his
eyes off the speeny floss Of the
horses only when he-White--can
stay awake no longer.
Mr., Blocks plans for the year
are incomplete. Norwich probably
will be one of the stake events at
Latonia, Ky. and is expected back
at Jamaica late in May. The pro-
gram will be determined by the
result of the derby.
Record of Norwich,
The record of Norwich as n @
year-old has been exceeded only by
two other racers in the last SO
years. In 1893 Domino won s170,-
$50 by capturing all nine races in
which he was entered, and in 1907
Colin $131,007 with ~ straight
victories Morvich's place in turf
annals will depend very much on
his performance this season.
Norwich performed his best
work Of the year last Sunday, in
the opinion OF trainer Burlew. in
executing seven furlongs in 1926
3-5. Since that performance Mr..
Block has denied that secret work
outs are held, or that there is any
question Of the horse being at the
barrier Derby day. He offered to-
day to give $4,000 TO charity on
proof that the horse has had an
Unsatisfactory workout,