The Washington times., 1936-03-06

Can Sweu
Its Chest
Bv KIRK MILLER
Times Sports Editor

Santa Anita Handicap wherein
Top Row, Time Supply and
ssRosemont finished in such an
-.order.
Now, it is a far, far cry from
the thoroughbred section of Of
Virginny to the lovely Arcadia
; (Cal.) valley, where Santa Anita
: nestles at the foot of those majeS-
{. tic San Gabriel mountains, but
I am reminded that the three
!. best horses in that memorable
race a week ago last Saturday
, were all Virginia-born, which
ought to be something over which
; to lift toast.
: am indebted to a Staunch
Virginian who will brook little
: introduction to any of you, Ad-
miral Carey TraverS GraySon, OF
= Culpeper County, sub, a horseman
in his own right, if you please,
for the oddity in facts which
= finds those three great racers were
! foaled in adjoining counties to
1.-THE southwark of washington, all
coming along in later years to
dominate the richest horse race
run In the world.
$, For instance, Top Row was
.s"dropped" in Fauquier County,
~AsTime Supply in Londoun County
land Rosemont in Clarke County,
In the heart of Virginia'S famous
Sbreeding grounds.
Just A Stones Throw
No one Of these counties is
Smore than thirty miles through
Its widest part and at one point
you could stand with foot in
= either one of them and poke your
: walking stick in the ground Of the
i: third.
- That statement gives you a
general idea of how closely to-
1gether three of the most talked
shorseS Of the day were bred, and
81 strikes me as something more
gthan a coincidence. Vertably,
athey were foaled within stones
4throw of each other.
z Furthermore, am particularly
= interested to know that Admiral
gGrayson was once the owner OF
aone of Top Rows progenitorS,
s:Too High, the mother of the
aSanta Anita winner. He sold the
mare to Mrs. Plunkett Stewart,
: after himself having owned Too
: High in partnership with the late
Samuel Ross, buying the latter's
ssinterest from the estate which
disposed Of all the Ross stable.
= Convalescing at his Wisconsin
Avenue home from a recent in
: disposition, Admiral Grayson has
found great satisfaction over his
I: reverieS with respect to Top
! Rows breeding. taken in con-
junction with the nearby origin
Of both Time Supply and Rose
mont.
Two Fine Sportsmen
The rapidly waning winter has
been productive of many Sociable
gatherings Of sports-minded folk,
eliminating in the Catholic Uni
versity Orange Bowl celebration
early last month and embracing
such delightful evenings as that
fashioned around the Herford
broadcaster, Arch Mcdonald, Ex-
hibit A from Tennessee.
But I notice by a miSsive re-
Gently handed in by one of Jim
Farley'S minions there is still an
other social event coming along,
next Monday night in fact, that
has a pleasing sports aroma. to
my way Of observing.
The Jewish Community Center,
which among other things spon-
Sors quite an athletic program in
a notable career Of neighborhood
work, is staging a testimonial din
ner to two of its leaders, both
familiar to sports followers of
Observation-Disclosures Cafritz and
Harry Viner, retiring president
and secretary, respectively.
Cafritz is one Of the pioneer
bowling alley owners of Washing
ton, coming into the sport when
duckpins took such a firm hold
here early in the century. Viner
was chairman of the Muddy Ruel
Day celebration here several years
back and is an outstanding base
ball and boxing enthusiasm. These
are their sports virtues, which, Of
course, are quite overshadowed by
their civic and community devo-
tions.
Wilson Plugs Tow
Bobby Wilson, he with the vi
cious lef3 hand, who, with Phil
Fur, have done more pleasing
work than any of the scrappers to
show since boxing was legalized
locally, foresees a great future for
Heavyweight Bob Tow, of Alexan-
dria.
= Before boarding a train for st.
Petersburgh, where he fights Ray
Lyle next Tuesday. Wilson took
occasion to put in a plug for his
heavyweight colleague.
"ThOSe four victories that
Tow registered in the white
hope elimination in Chicago
Will give Tow the one thing he
his needed to become fOrmid-
abe fighter-cOnfidence," said
wilson.
TITS remarkable how much
better a fight you can put up
after you've become accustomed
to victory. Success in the ring
mt 0nIV gives the fighter rom.