The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-01

TODAY'S SPORT PARADE
BY HENRY McLEMORE

United Press Staff C0rrespOndent)
 Arcadia, Cal, March l-(UP) - When Seabiscuit ran around his field in the stretch to win the San- ta Anita Handicap last year and became the Turf's greatest money winner with a total of $437, ,730, not even the most far seeing horsemen expected his record to be jeopard- ized for years to come.
 But now, just year later, the doughty Biscuits mark is imperiled.
 There Is a horse going to the post in the seventh running of the Santa Anita extravaganza today, who, If he comes banking down in front, will be what the gamblers term mortal lock" to surpass the Biscuits fabulous earnings.
 The horse is Challedon, w. L, Bran's big free-running fellow from the Free State of Maryland. Chal- ledon never has been spectacular horse, but in his three years of cam paigning has been tough one to beat. He has ground out enough wins to bring his winnings to $322,- 835. Today's race will be worth something close to $85,000 to the winner and you don't have to be any matematical genius to figure that win today will leave Challedon powerful close to the little Biscuits mark.
 May Reach S60O,O00
 Nothing but complete break down could prevent Challedon from bagging the nedeed $35,000 before the summer Is out. With high class handicap horses too scarce, Challe- don, in shape, could pick up that amount running in hobbies and with safe up for. @ jockey, As a mat ter of fact, let him win the hand- leap today-something he isn't like ly to do because he isn't in top con- dition--and he will be good bet to run his earnings to around $600,- 900 before he is retired.
 Challedon Is Just beginning his fifth year. Seabiscuit was seven years of gae before he surpassed the mark of Sun Beau to become the top winner.
 It would be tough blow 10 Char ley Howard If Challedon should win today. Not only because. a victory for Maryland's pride would knock him out of the fat purse, but be- cause. to use a florian slappey phrase, that mark of Seabiscult's is the one thing he Is most fondest of.
 Speaking of Howard, he has @ horse in the race today that stands more than an outside chance of eventually surpassing Seabiscuit's mark of $427,730. And l don't mean Midland, either. mean that bar gain basement beauty, Porter's Cap, This little cuSS, who was picked up for $500 at the Saratoga yearling sales in 1889, really has been mak- ing money. Porter's Cap won him. self $49,775 as two-year-old last year and his smashing victory in the Santa Anita Derby February l2 brought his total earnings to $83,- 405.
 If he should win today he would rocket to $l68, ,405. That alone would give him record, because you can thumb through the record books until you wear yourself out without finding horse who ever earned so much by the time his third birth day was only two months past.
 Good Chance
 You have to give Porters Cap a rousing chance, too. The informa- tion you get is that Tom Smith, the miraculous Howard trainer, thinks Porters Cap Is e better horse than Midland.
 He won the $50,000 Derby as cas- fly as a girl scout toasts a marsh- mallow, and he beat some good things doing It. There's another thing in his favor today. The tracks, thanks to March having come in, not only like lion, but a sea lion at that, is what hte phrase turner's would call sea of mud. And 1t will be that way at post time.
 Porter's Cap loves the goo. He can go on fast track. But he can fly on bad one. Like that Salt, when it rains, he can pour it on. If l hadn't already picked Welcome Pass to win the race-a choice by the way, that all but caused the gover- nor to throw cordon of alienists around my apartment-I would lean toward Porter's Cap. In other words, I am now tipping Porter's Cap to you.
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