The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-14
Ecu And Papyrus Both Make Fast ine In Trials

BELMONT PARK, N. Y, Oct. 13.- Running in what was as close to a London fog as this section of the world ever sees, Papyrus, the Eng fish entrant for the international race scheduled for next Saturday, proved two things in his workout this morning-first, that he is not lame and second, that any suspicious that he might be a wind-sucker are without foundation.
 During his fast time trial Thurs day Papyrrs favored his off fore foot noticeably. This morning as he came by the grandstand at the end of mile and quarter of running, he was striding steadily and ryth- mically without semblance of a limp.
 Trainer Basil Jarvis, uncertain himself as to just how lame Papyrus Papyrus to do the mile and half in 2:40. Papyrus and Banham started out chasing Bar Gold and an sS- pound stable boy who had been given a furlong start. Banham held Papy- rus i'll close all of the way. They made no attempt to overtake the leading horse and at the mile and a half Bar Gold was still lengths in front of Papyrus, but Bar Gold was wobbling weakly with legs sprawled out, while Papyrus showed not the slightest sign of undue effort.
 Because of the fog, George Reed, timing for Secretary Christopher J. Fitzgerald could not get all of the intermediate marks. He clocked Papyrus at. seven posts, his watch showing 2S 15 seconds at the quar- ter, l :06 3-5 at the 5ss 1:1S 35 at the 3zs, II at the mile and a quarter, 225 at the mile and five-eighths and 2:29 2-6 at the mile and a half.
 Papyrus cooled off well and Train Ia aynreSSad himself as well satisfied with the workout and with his colts condition.
 Sam Hildreth, the Rancocas stable trainer, who is preparing Zev for the big race, took advantage of the dense fog and carried out what amounted to private workout. Zev, with old Mad Halter for a running mate began his work half an hour be fore Papyrus started. At that time the fog was denser than it was when the English colt did his mile and a half.
 Zev started somewhere behind the blanket of fog. He was supposed to be out just for a breezing" but dur ing the furlong and a half that he was visible; he was stretched out and running low to the ground just inside and ahead of Mad Halter.
 The pair of them came tearing out of the fog, went sweeping by the stand with it's 200 observes and swirled back into the mists that blanketed the ce urse. Hiidreth and Hildreth alone caught B ev's time over whatever distance he was travelling and he kept his information ti him self.
 zev's work was so shrouded in mystery that estimates of the dis tance he ran thisS morning varied from three to seven furiongs.
 As usual the group of observers bent on watching the pair workout comprised photographers, newspaper men. several trainers. many profess sional clockers and a fair sprinkling of both men and women who follow horse racing as the sport of sports.
 Most notable of those in attendance was August Belmont, president of the Jockey club, and the man who either owns Papyrus now or will soon af- ter the running of the international. Belmont was an exceedingly inter- ested spectator. He stood at Secre- tary Fitzgerald's elbow carefully checking up on Papyrus's running time.
 Belmont has repeatedly denied that he owns or has any agreement 10 buy Papyrus from Ben Irish, under whose colors the English champion runs. Never the-less, English turf men at least, are convinced that Papyrus will never return and that Belmont is the man who will keep him in America.