Evening star., 1938-09-22
Biscuit Laughs Out Loud
As Roin Gives Him Excuse.

And how does Seabiscuit feel about
that? The first three days it rained he
chuckled. The last four days, he
laughed out loud. Here is horse, un-
less appearances mislead me greatly,
who wants no part OF War Admiral in
any kind Of weather. You can see his
point.
Yet Mr. Charlie Howard once again
has made the mistake Of boarding his
shy steed at the same track with the
Admiral. Whenever this happens, the
experts and the public begin to clamor
for q match race. You would think
that Mr.. Howard would know enough
by this time to keep steady 500 miles
of ground between Seabiscuit and Mr.
Sam Riddles little killer. That. rough
ly, is the distance that would separate
them at the end Of race, anyway.
I realize that a lot of people think
differently. James Aloysius Farley went
crazy the last time insulted Seabis-
cult, because letters of protest and
good. clean abuse began to filter
through James Office at the rate Of q
hundred minute.
You are nuts" wrote Pro Bono Pub
lico.
You are not fit to eat from the
same bin as Seabiscuit," wrote indig-
nant Turf Filbert.
"Seabiscuit will lick War Admiral
from here to there" said angry Father
OF Eight.
why don't you learn Braille?" de-
manded Sally x.
This looks to be Bolshevik plot, -
reasoned Constant Reader. you are
no doubt In the pay Of Red Russia
War Admiral does not belong in the
same class with Seabiscuit.
That's what I think, too. But ]
think the Admiral's class Is slightly
ahead Of the Biscuits.
There will be no way Of proving it, Of
course, until Mr.. Charlie Howard Il
goaded by one means or another into
tossing his delicate antelope into the
ring with War Admiral. The Admiral
is at Belmont, waiting and ready to
go, Just as he was the last time the
two mustangs were quartered there
He got no action then. This time there
will be several opportunities for a race
because the Admiral is entered in the
good ones, including the Gold Cup, a
2-nlile fixture scheduled for October
Besides, as Maj. William. Corum, the
reverse picker Of Derby winners, points
out, the house will be glad to promote
a special meeting on any day that Mr.
Howard and Mr.. Riddle agree to.
Undoubtedly Seabiscuit has run some
fine races in his time. He has came
from behind against good fields to get
his nose in the picture, though usually
mis- nose is a shade shorter than the
nose Of the nearest rival If he smoked
cigars, the Biscuit would have won
many a heat by the length of half q
pantela.
But that does not alter the fact that
the Admiral was ready and willing tc
meet him most OF this season, while
the Biscuit was going around stealing
money from homesick Argentine
beetle named Ligaroti.
Ligaroti is the property Of Mr.. Bine
Crosby, solid student Of form and q
fine singer, the fullback on Mr.. Pau
Whiteman's all-American swing team
On the Coast, they say that Mr.. Crosby
can do everything better than hi
horse, which goes for running, too
Yet this Ligaroti was breathing upor
Seabiscuit's neck at the end of 2.
horse race, for fat purse, calculated
to swell the Biscuits money-earnins
record If they would match War Ad.
miral with Ligaroti for $25,000 every
Saturday, he would own Standard OF
by Christmas.
To be frank, I don't think the differ.
ence between the Admiral and thu
Biscuit is so great as have been let.
ting on. But, If few homegrown
aspersions will needle Mr.. Charli,
Howard into making the match, viii
asperse along these lines till the ket
is empty.
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