The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-18
RY JACK GUENTHER United Press Staff CoTrespondent)

New York, December 1S, -- tup) - Two thorougabreds - Whirlaway and Alsah - and some l0,000,000 oitiEens who showed almoS. $500, ,0o0,- 900 through the pari-mutuel win- dows combined during l9Al to pro- duce what was probably the most exciting and certainly tho most profitable turf year ever written into the records in the United tSates,
 While the season ended on 6 sad note when the war forced cancel lation of the l9A2 winter meeting ct Santa Anita Park in California, it shattered almost every mark for betting and purse distribution, More races were run, more horses ran in them, and they paid off bigger divi- dendS than even the most ineorrtgi- ble aptimist had expected,
 An Ny Himself
 From the thoroughbred Stand- point, whirlaway was the dominant figure, He became the fifth horse in history to sweep tho Kentucky Derby, PreakneSs and Belmont stake; he earned $272,SS6 the years top figure and took his place as tho third biggest earnor of all time with a total of $SA5, ,0S6, and he won other titles for his owner and trainer, Warren Wright and Ben Jones, as well, this three-year- old son of Blenhelm Ir-DuStwhlrl won the derby by eight lengths In new track record time of 2;0l s-5 and went on to whip all but one horse he faced,
 The Calumet Cannonhall enabled Wright to establish Q new mark for a single stable with Q total of S476,09l which surpassed the Raneocas stable of the early ls20's by almost $S0,000 Jones likewise broke all earnings records for train. CTS, Whirlaway won the preaknesS, Belmont, Dwyer, Kentucky Derby, Travers, American Derby, Saratoga Gold Cup, Lawrence Realization and Q number of other stakes and never finished out of the money,
 Late Conner
 AlSab, picked up by Al Sabbath Of Chicago for $T00 at Saratoga, didn't really start running until Whirlaway was almost through late in the fall, The most frequently raced major juvenile in history, he won l5 of 22' starts and $il0600 and won the two-year-old title on the basis of two remarkable times - Q o1oeking of i;l6 for six and Q half turlongs, only Q fifth of Q second off the world record; and a mile in 1885 2-5,, fast- est ever run by q juvenile, '.
 The Bay Son of Good Goods and Winds Chant won the Champagne, Walden, Hyde Park, Mayflower and Spalding Lowe Jenkins stakes and the Washington futurity and became the quickest Kentucky Derby future book favorite M history, Other good juveniles came up with him, notably Some Chance, Devil Diver, sun Again, requested and Contradiction, but none matched his featS,
 Behind AlSab and Whirhway came two more thoroughhreds of distinction, They were Louis Tu' fano's Market Wise, who established Q North American Record Of $40 A-5 while defeating WhirlaWay in the two-mlle Jockey club gold cup; and sam Riddles new Man O'War colt, War Relic, who copped the $b0,000 Massachusetts handicap and tho S25,000 Narragansett Special,
 Bargain horses and winter raced horses had good years, The bargains were Market Wise, who cost sl,000 and earned $97,7i5; Als0b; Circle M, Raneh's Big Pebble, bought for $5,000 and winner of $l69,4S5, the Widener and Hollywood gold cups and the handicap championship; c, s. Towards Midland, who cost $i5,000 and won $l2S,520; Towards Pofter's Cap. who cost $500 and earned more than S7S,000; and An thony Pelleteri's Bay View, who cost S2,60o and won the $l0o,000 Santa Anita Handicap,
 Among the better winter raced horses were WhIrlaway, Big Pebble, Bay View, Porter's Gap, Midland, Staretor and number Of others, Alfred dwynne Vanderbilt's Pet rify, who won $4i i,0sb, earned the two-year-old lilly title while Fox Farms Fairy Chant won the top billing among the mares with earnings of $29,700
 Meanwhile the following North | American records were set; Farra- gut, three miles, at Agua Calente, | 5:iS: Santiago, two and 3-i6 miles, at Narragansett, S:5i l-5; Fenelon, two and a quarter miles, at Belmont Park. 3:47; Fllisteo, two miles and 70 l yards ct Pimlieo, $40 4-5; and l Qrasshopper IT, mile and 70 yards | at Thistle Downs In l.39.
 Best Jockey
 Don Meade, the 1889 champion, again won the national jockey title with more than 200 winners, suc- cedlng Earl Dew who was killed at Agua Caiiente In January. The best appentice to come up was Conn Me- Reary and the leading money win ner among the jockeys was Eddie | Araapn xylan Aiinfad WhirlaWaV tO