The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-05
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R1 HENRY McLRNoRE

United Press Stan CorrespOndent)
 Tucson, AriS., March 6-(UP)-f Charles s. Howard Is Q sportsman, he will now declare to win the Sea- Biscuit and Kayak II-both.
 The Biscuit Is over the Sun Beau mark at last He eclipsed 1t last Saturday in the &l00,O00 Santa Anita handicap and 76O00 persons saw him do 1t. But many of those 900 went home from the race with Q feeling that the veterans South American stablemate might have been the better horse if he had been given the chance. was one of them.
 It is an argument that never will be settled unless Howard wants 1t settled. An hour before the race the San Franciscan announced that he was declaring with the Biscuit. To the uninitiated, this means that Kayak II was not to be booted home unless Seabiscuit was obviously beaten by one of the other Il horses in the field. If Seabiscuit looked like the winner, then Jockey Leon Haas was to make certain that the argentine charger finished no better than second. That is exactly the position in which he ran.
 He ran his second with one of the most tremendous finishes ever cen on any race track. He was dead last going by the grandstand the first time, he was eighth at the rauf and he was fifth going into the final turn. He came laundering down the stretch with truly amazing speed, closing @ half-dozen lengths, and passing the fading Whichcee with the east of a $5,000 roadster going by a model T Ford. But he crossed the wire a length behind the stable mate his owner wanted to win.
 J. J. Murphy, man who has called 2,60O races for the records, said in his footnotes that Kayak could have won if he had been giv- en vigorous ride at the end. Jockey Haas privately told friends the same thing. Mrs. Charles 8. Howard said. poor Kayak. He's just an orphan"
 Other. interested parties had other opinions.
 Biscuit Is Best?
 The Biscuits rider. Red Pollard, said there wasn't Q horse in the world that could have caught him. Tom Smith, the man who trains both the thoroughbreds, took the same viewpoint. He said there nev- CT was day on which Kayak could beat the Biscuit. But he added that the two of them were the greatest handicap horses in America. Howard himself did not comment.
 As said, the argument never will be settled unless Howard wants 1t settled. I want to take none of the credit from Seabiscuit. But just as hundreds of people herein this charming Arizona city want to know, want to know. Which Is the better horse?
 So let them run 1t out. Let How. ard declare to win with both of them in any race he can pick. Or let him arrange match race at equal weight.
 That would be the best solution. In . large field, one or the other might have an excuse. In match race there would be no excuse. It would be each horse and each jockey for himself, and the result of tn match would give the world an answer. There would be more question out.
 In such Q race I don't know who would win. Seabiscuit was started in two matches, with War Admiral and Ligaroti. He won them both. Kayak IT went into the equivalent of a match race with Challedon in the late Pimlico Special. He lost. But there he gave away weight - six pounds-because he was unfortun- ate enough to have been foaled in Argentina and gain a year of wage when he crossed the equator.
 Because I don't know who would win, and the citizens of Tucson don't know and you don't know, such a match would be one of the great races of history-if not the greatest. Certainly both horses deserve the chance, and I think we all deserve to know.