Evening star., 1939-10-22
Cha|Iedon Rated Colt
To Beat in Classic
Al | 3-16 Miles
Challenge to Come From
Kayak II, IsoIoter,
Crovot in Big Test
BY MAX HILL,
Associated Press Sports Writer.


Associated Press Sports Writer.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 2l.-They got
around to all-star casts in football
and baseball years ago, but until
P1mlico hung up small purse and
q wagonload of glory the turf hadn't
hit upon the idea of sending out
engraved invitations to thorough
breds and limiting a field to those
invited.
And you may be sure that on the
afternoon of November l at the
mellow old Hilltop course only the
kings and crown princes of the race
track will gallop to the post to match
: stamina and speed in the 3/l6
miles special
Owners of four blue -blooded
thoroughbreds - Challedon, Kayak
III, Isolater and Cravat-have given
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt the nod
and proudly promised to have their
colorbearers on hand, fit and ready
to run. Unless all signs fail. and
they shouldn't this time, it's the
race of the year with, perhaps,
world record at stake.
And the colt that set the mark,
Challedon it is, will be there to
protect it. It's been only a few
: weeks since he breezed home four
lengths to the good at Keeneland
In Kentucky to clip two-fifths of
second from Discoverys time of
1:55.
Pimlico's Second Big Special.
This is the second special for
which an elaborate stage has been
set. Last autumn that tough old
campaigner, Seabiscuit, and Man O.
Wars grand son, War Admiral,
clashed in what really was a match
race. That made the Biscuit the
horse of the year, for the Admiral
just wasn't good enough.
We have a hunch that the title
for this season already is in the
bag for Challedon, a stout-hearted
son of imported Challenger II
Laura Gal. Challedon doesn't pick
his track. This pride of all Mary
land does his best whether it's slop
or mud or fast.
Perhaps it's best to let the facts
, speak for themselves, so here they
are:
The place and the time and the
purse:
Pimlico Race Course, Wednesday
afternoon, November /; purse $l0,-
900, winner take all Thus it is a
sporting contest in more ways than
one. About million dollars worth
of horseflesh will be out there for
small change, and only the fellow
who wins will have anything to
show for his time and his money and
his trouble. So we come now to the
principals.
Challedon Sturdy Campaigner.
Challedon. a 3-year- -old Maryland
bred colt, owned by w. L. Brann of
Frederick and trained by youthful
former jockey, Lou Schaefer, who has
done tremendous job well-that of
keeping his highly strung charge at
racing pitch month after month. He
started him out in April and here it
Is late October with Challedon still
having the bloom of fit thorough
bred
The colts pot Of gold this year
totals S168.310, and it puts him at
the top of the heap with nothing
likely to topple him off. He has
started l3 times in 1899, won seven,
been second twice and third three
times. Only once has he been out
OF the money.
Because he is a 3-year-old and
the special is at weight for age,
Challedon will get six pounds from
the others, all of whom are older.
George Woolf, one of the best money
riders in the business, has been up on
him recently, but he won't be avail
able in the Special. He will be there
trying to make Kayak II beat him,
for he is under contract to C. S.
Howard. Harry Richards. who had
been riding him, now is bedded down
in hospital and he may not be up
and about by then. but you can be
sure good boy will be there to do
the booting.
Kayak II Steady Winner.
Charles S. Howard, only another
automobile dealer from the West
Coast until he got his hands on
Sea Biscuit, brought Kayak up
from South America just in time
to cop the Santa Anita Handicap
with him when the ailing Biscuit
fell by the wayside with a bad leg.
Eight times he has started this year,
and six times he has won.
Already he has met Challedon
once and that time he was beaten
by three lengths, with the Mary
land colt going away at the end.
There have been all sorts of excuses
for him, such as a bad start and
bruised quarter, but when they
finished running Challedon was on
the front end.
Tom Smith, more than once
described as the best horse in
Howard's stable" is his trainer, and
the silent old plainsman knows his
way about.
Isolater Not Consistent.
William Woodward, the aloof,
gray banker of fiction come to life,
owns Isolater. A long line of cham
pions has carried the red dots of
his Belair stud-Omaha and Gal
liant Fox among them Sunny Jim
Fitzsimmons is his trainer, and Mr..
Fitz has been around the horse
parks longer than most men can
remember.
Isolater, now 6 and the oldest
horse in the race, comes from Eng
lish stock, being by Blandford-
Priscilla Carter. He has tangled
three times with Cravat already
and has come out on top only once.
The Belair colorbearer isn't as
consistent as the others, for he has
won but two of IL starts this year.
Jimmy Stout, as usual, will be up
Race Short for Cravat.
It takes a deal of ground tn oct