The Washington times., 1923-12-26
MA I Gil RAGING
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Zev : Papyrus international
Race Puts Pep IN That
Form Of Running.

! After pursuing the beaten path
Of placid mediocrity for several
seasons, the sport Of Thoroughbred
racing suddenly broke out In b
rash Of pulse-Quickening match
races, beginning with the 1ev-
Papyrus international affair at Bel
mont Park and ending with the
race in which Zev beat In Me-
moriam by nostril, If at all Out
Of this pot-pourri Zev emerged the
proclaimed champion three-year-old
of the American turf, with only the
French colt, Epinard. to dispute
his claim to world l1onors.
There is no denying the fact.
however, that Zev's title in this
country 10 clear and sound. The
Sinclair star won eleven out Of
thirteen races during the season,
including the Kentucky Derby, the
Withers. the Belmont. the Law
renee Realization and the InterHla-
brought over from England behind
great ballyhoo, but beaten off six
lengths by the American champion.
Just before the big race Admiral
Grayson's My Own, \ which had
cleaned up at Saratoga and stepped
a tidy mile and a half in winning
the national sweepstakes. contested
Jews. right to be named as the
American entry. Rumors that the
Sinclair star was unsound prompted
the Jockey Club selection COM
mittee to summon My Own to the
scene Of the race, but at the last
minute the committee took note of
the mud-scourged track and named
Zev, a VIGOROUSLY good mudder.
It's Judgment was vindicated when
Earl Sande, Americas premier
Jockey, took Zev to the front in the
first eighth and stepped the mile
and half to an ever-increasing
lead over Papyrus, ridden by Steve
Donoghue, England's premier
jockey. Sixty thousand persons
witnessed the great event, and a
purse Of 100000 was divided on an
1920 basis.
Subsequently, Zev and My Own
were brought together ct the La
tonia championship, &C a mile and
three-Quartrs, but, unfortunately,
In Memoriam was an added starter
and the Western horse proceeded to
run the pair of them silly in the
final half mile, beating Zev by five
lengths and Ny Own by fifteen.
That was the end Of Ny Own.
Zev, however, came back in
special match with In Memoriam
at mile and quarter and earned
q disputed verdict, the finish being
so close that many thought that the
Weidenann colt had won.
The only races that Zev failed to
win during the season were the
Latonia championship and the
Preakness. being kicked at the post
in the latter event, and declining
to be party to the further pro-
ceedings.
At the end of the season, Jews
winnings in purses amounted to
some $275,OO0, breaking the record
of Man O. War and all American
horses. The worlds record is $780,
675,' held by 1singlass, the famous
English stake winner; but it is ex-
pected that Zev, barring break
down, will top this total next sea-
son without trouble.
Sand0 rode Zev in all Of his WIN
ming races and earned his title of
champion rider, but at the close Of
the season sixteen-year-old Ivan
Parke, apprentice rider, was chas-
ing the king pin merrily.
Mrs. w. X. Vanderbilt's Sarazen
was easily the best two-year-old
of the season, but had to beat
Happy Thoughts, filly, in a match
race at Laurel Park before he was
accepted as such.
The season will go down In the
books as one Of the greatest in rae )
ing history,