San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-20
SATURDAY RACE
. IS BAT TIE Of
HEM|SPHERES'
Zev Will Run With Papy-
rus Despite NANCY
Malay.
BETS AT EVEN MONEY
Early Odds Have Faded;
100000 Crowd a
Certainty.
BETS AT EVEN MONEY
BY the Associated P-ess.

New York, Oct. 2O.-Two hemi-
spheres await today the shout from
100000 Threats that will be echoed
around the earth-'Thcy're off"
Battles of the century" have there
been. The battle of the continents
has passed into the printed word
From their toys the stars have shaken
the diamond dust and the supremacy
of baseball again has been decided
The shouting dies and the spotlight
shifts. Now comes the sport of kings
Zev and Paryrus are ready.
The picture is of soggy, damp
crowd. tense and shouting, mostly
grouped in big mass but scattered
all along the fringe of huge oval; a
bell rings and then appear two pranc-
ing horses of blue blood and high spirit
and atop them two diminntive figures
one flashing royal purple and prim-
rose, the other in soft green bordered
in white.
Glory of Two Nations.
\ few nervous minutes as they draw
up at the post and rear; then flash
as the barrier is sprung and man and
beast shoot out for the enviable lead
and the coveted rail the struggle at
the turn; the dash down the back
stretch: the contest as the last curve
is rounded and the deafening roar as
they come down the stretch to home.
It's come on, Steve" and come on,
Earl" and today the glory of two ma
'tions is riding with them. Eighty thou
sand dollars and a gold cup to the
winner: twenty thousand to the loser.
Before last nights dripping. starless
sky faded into dull gray and morn
ing came two horses slept undisturbed
oblivious that for days millions had
been watching with every move.
Zev. Americas horse. and Papy-
rus. Great Britain's animal, no doubt
haven't been aware of all this, but
they will be at 4 o'clock this after
noon when they are led from the pad
dock and have their sensitive DISPOSE
tons touched by n demonstration that
no race track ever before has heard
or seen.
Both Horses Ready.
Both horses were pronounced ready
last night by their trainers, Samuel G.
Hildreth. regarded by SOM as the
dean of the active corps of American
experts on horse flesh. and Basil .Ia-
Wis, the pleasant-toned young English
man.
Both the derby winners of the
!ands to which allegiance was gives
hPm, both the highest class on four
ut that either nation could muster
are i'll form Jarvis has said that
Pa0yrus hasn't reached the best coz
ditiOn, and everyone knows that Zey
has been bothered by skin eruption
kin to mango that nearly cost him
his chance.
On their records and on their form
the experts are about agreed that
neither is the greatest horse yet de
veloped. They say that Zev isn't in
the class of Roamer and Exterminl-
tor or Man O. War Of the later days
on this side. and that there is more
than one threc-year-old in Great Bri
tain that would have represented John
Bull better.
Those views will be disputed this
afternoon by the colts themselves. IT,
going will be muddy and hard. the dis
tance will be long and tiresome-.it's 4
mile and n half-and the excitement
will be cruel and Over-balancing
Papyrus has come a. long way, ovnr
a troublesome sea, and has set foot
on hard gravel when his feet hereto
fore have known only the velvety soft
ness of green grass.
So those who wagered fortunes or
them believe them TO be so close!
matched this morning that bets wer
laid at even, or at light odds one wa
or the other
Best Jockeys i'm the Game.
Comforting them. coaxing them
pushing them, urging them, reinin,
them will be two of the best jockey
that's undisputed-of all time. On
the invader will be Steve DonOghuc.
for nine years the premier rider of
Europe, five times in the saddle of II
derby winner. On Zev will be Earl
Sande, the lad who had the leg up
when Iev came over the mark at
Churchill Downs in the derby and in
his other great victories. the acknowl
edged peerless boy of the American
crop.
Three thousand miles away, Mt the
end of a cable. will be Ben Irish. the
small landowner. who dabbled in
horses and owned n king, one of tn
fellows who no one will deny is a
sportsman. At the track will stan
Harry +. Sinclair, one of the leaders
Of the American turf, who said whel
the Jockey Club committee demanded
that Zev run that his horse would &c
to the post if it cost him his future.
Back from the 100000 humans who
were expected to be at Belmont PARK
today, shut off from view in his
stable. was to stand another horse
and near him was to be a faithful
stable boy. My Own. Rear Admiral
Cary L. Grayson's horse, who came TO
run if needed who might be receiving
the cheering he could hear, faithful
enough to run, if asked. at the last
to play second fiddle to an OPP
ponent that some regard as his in
ferior.
The battle Of the. hemispheres."
High School Gridder Dies.