Evening star., 1937-05-06
BEST LIKED COLTS
DIFFERENT TYPES
War Admiral Small, Mean;
Big Reaping Reward Is
Pet of Stable.
BY ORLO ROBERTSON.


7 OUISVILLE, KY, May (P)-
Two horses having little in
common held the spotlight to-
day as the rapidly increasing
Kentucky Derby crowd battled long
and vociferously over the probable
outcome of the $4,000 turf classic
at Churchill Downs Saturday.
The pair are Samuel Riddles War
Admiral, red-hot favorite, and Mrs.
Ethel V. Mars Reaping Reward still
the second choice despite his defeat
in the Derby trial Fast trials and
previous victories of other eNgibles
Notwithstanding, they stack up as
the horses to beat when Starter Bill
Hamilton sends the score or so of
3-year-old aces away from the bar
rier about 4.45 pm. Central stand
ard tlmel.
Yet seldom have two horses diff
fered more widely in disposition, rae
ing mannerisms, size and mode of
living
War Admiral is so small that he
looks almost like a pony alongside
Mrs. Mars ace. But like his famous
daddy, Man O. War, the Riddle colt
prefers nothing better than to get
out in front and run his rivals into
the ground. That's the way he did
1t during his 2-year-old career and
again in his two starts at Havre de
Grace before coming West.
IN CONTRAST Reaping Reward is
a stretch runner. a style of run
ming which requires plenty early
speed on the part of another horse.
Bob McGaryey. trainer of Mrs. Mars
horses, may provide for that by send
ing the feet Case Ace to the post
with Reaping Reward and Military.
The Man O. War offspring has an
other one Of his sire's traits in that
he has mean disposition Once the
race is under way. however. he is all
business. Reaplng Reward, a pet
around the stable, is as gentle as a
lamb
Even their style Of living is differ
ent. War Admiral has quarters in a
new barn of the regular track type.
There are no barriers to his stable
than a vigilant stable boy and a
terocious- looking dog.
Far away, outside of the track
proper, Reaping Reward is housed in
q large brick barn-a real horse
castle. The doors are locked at all
times, while a stable boy watches
every move CT the visitors when they
ask permission to see the horse.
Both Brown Colts
THEY are alike in that both are
listed as brown colts, although
Reaping Reward appears to be more
black Both also prefer to race over
fast tracks. Reaping Reward has ad-
vantage in that respect if the going
Is heavy, however, for in Military he
has a capable mud running sta ble-
mate.
For the first time this week the
weather man promised to cooperate
with the two favori IS. The forecast
for today and tomorrow was fair with
rising temperatures tomorrow This
was welcomed relief to track officials
and the incoming thousands for the
rains Of the last few days left the
Downs racing strip fetlock deep in
slop and dampened much of the en-
thuSiasm.
Louisville's Southern hospitality
was taxed to the utmost as thousands
moved in via every mod of transpor-
tation. Today's arrivals were only
q drop in the bucket. however, as COM
pared to the mob that will descend on
the city tomorrow and early Saturday
morning. Hotels long since had sold
out, while an entertainmen commit
tee was kept busy finding accommo-
dations for hundreds who failed to
make reservations.
Give us fair weather and We'll
break all attendance records" said
Col. Matt Winn, impressario of the
turf classic.