The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-25

HIS O-ySdT-Olu pSIlOIIIldIlCc Uy Stakes here, and the champion isn't the horse his daddy was
 Authority for that statement came from Sunny Jim" Fitzsim- mons, William Woodward's trainer who handled the conditioning of both horses.
 Watching Omaha cool out here after his great victory, Sunny Jim was in a talkative mood.
 Gallant Fox was the greatest horse ever trained" he remarked Tt might be just sentiment with me, but l think he was the best horse ever bred in America"
 This statement came not half hour after Omaha had given away as much as 13 pounds to his ten rivals, and yet had whipped them soundly in the fastest mile and a quarter since Sun Beau's Haw- thorne Gold Cup victory of 1929 he ran the distance in 2:01 2-5, mark shaded only by the doubt full record of 2 minutes flat by Whiskbrook II, in 1913, and Sar- azen's 200 4-5, made in 1924. Omaha did not appear to have been in race. His nostrils hardly quivered. He stood quiet ly as he was rubbed down, and as he was walked about, begged for Jumps of sugar.
 Stride Smoother Than Dads
 Omaha has grown since the Derby" Fitzsimmons continued. He's a better horse all around. All through the spring I knew I had a great horse. He developed a better stride than old Fox" had its smoother, and his stride is longer. Once got him in shape had no trouble keeping him there,
 "He gets II quarts of oats day, as much hay as is good for him and not as much as he wants, either-and lair ration of car rots. He eats well and sleeps well, and the training is just com mon sense. He's never sore, and never gets nervous as some horses do.
 of course, I fooled him the way fool most of my good horses. Three or four days before the race I started takin ghim over to the paddock each afternoon, and in every respect treating him just as | if he was going to run that day and did the Arlington patrons rel ish that daily showing of the 1 champion! So to-day he didn't know he was going to race until we lifted Wright onto his back.
 "One thing old Gallant FnS taught me was to bring my own water to Arlington. When l brought him here he refused to drink and was scared to death. But Dick Thompson Colonel Bradley's Derby Dick) gave me a barrel of water which he had shipped from Hot Springs. And Gallant Fox drank a whole pail at once. So now every time l come to Arlington I get some Of that water. Faireno liked it, and | Omaha does, too.
 "Ohaha doesn't look much like his daddy. He has Gallant Fox's head and neck. But he doesn't have as good a shoulder as his daddy, and mostly he reminds me of his dam (Flambino), a mare l also trained.
 "But so far he has done every thing his daddy did as a Swear old, except win the Wood Me- morial. He lost the Withers, too. a race Gallant Fox didn't enter. But he was the best horse in both races and should have won them both. The only race he was not the best in was the Brooklyn and Discovery ran the greatest race of his life that day.
 Omaha Better 2-Year-Old
 Most people believe that Gal lant Fox was a better 2-year-old than Omaha, but I disagree. Gal lant Fox was a mus most of the time at that age. He didn't know anything about racing. We couldn't seem to teach him much, and he didn't care about learning. But Omaha learned easily, and when the distances heightened, he al ways was running over horses.
 II can't say whether Omaha will run the longer distances as we'll as Gallant Fox or not. The Fox could run all day. There weren't any better in that respect
 Omaha still has "a long way to 20 to equal his daddy's record. and q lot can happen in that respect.
 Omaha still has a long way to go to equal his daddy's record. and a lot can happen in that time.
 "We're planning to race him in the Travers, Saratoga Cup, Law renee Realization, and Jockey Club Gold Cup.
 And after that he'll have to prove he can sire such a winner as his daddy did, and then maybe I'll change my mind about the son be- ing as good as his sire"
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