Evening star., 1942-07-09
Would Top Biscuits 5
Record With Winin
Massachusetts,
Has Won Money Foster
Than Any Other Horse
In Turf's History
BY DILLON GRAHAM,

NEW YORK, July 9.-It looks as
though Whirlaway will wind up this
year as the turf's an-time leading
money winner, but the long-tailed
speedster is taking his time and
costing his admirers dough by flub-
bing opportunities along the way.
Whirly laid back trif1e too long
In the rich Suburban Handicap at
Belmont in May and in the Butler
Memorial the other day at Empire
and finished second. beaten by sew
eral lengths in both races. Tola
Rose had to set new track record
to whip the te-sprinting Whirly
in the Butler, but If Warren Wright's
famous thoroughbred had hit the
barrier first In these events he
already would be past Seabiscuit's
s437,730.
Has S27,244 to Go.
Now he's S27244 short. He'll have
q chance to make that up, and more,
In the $4,000 Massachusetts, Handi-
cap at Suffolk next Wednesday. II
his luck is good for the rest of the
year, Whirlaway may become the
first horse to win half a million dol
lars. And, If Wright elects to race
him next year rather than put him
In stud, Mr.. Big Tail may boost his
total to six or seven hundred thou
sand, figure that should stand for
many, many years.
Whirly has made money faster
than any horse In history land some
purses are not as big as they once
were). He passed the 100000 mark
In his 44th race, and it took Sea-
biscuit SO races to harvest that
much. cabbage.
Seabiscuit was 7 years old when
he. won the last big stake that shot
him ahead Of Sun Beau in the cash
column. Sun Beau now Is third.
Seabiscuit More Popular.
whirly has many followers. but
the chances are he isn't, and won't
be, loved as was The Biscuit by
the horse players. Whirly has been
a pampered pet, a widely touted
racer from the outset, while Sea-
biscuit was little regarded, and 1t
wasn't until late in his 3-year-old
season that he began winning.
He was sold for a comparatively
few paltry dollars. Remember. too,
that Seabiscuit was twice beaten
by nose or so In the 100000 Santa
Anita Handicap. The Biscuit broke
down In 1889 and came out Of stud
to win the rich handicap in 1910.
The wartime cancellation OF the
Santa Anita event last winter cost
Whirly chance at that big purse.
Whirly Bigger Than Biscuit.
Whirly is often referred to as .
little horse, but actually he Is big
ger now as a 4-year-old than Sea-
biscuit was at 5. He weighs 1850,
against Seabiscuit's 1,040 and
stands 1873 hands, against Sea-
biscuits 1872. Alsab, the 3-year-old,
weighs $50 and stands 15.21z.
Whirlaway's girth is 72h. Seabis-
cults was u, and Asab's is TN.
Through Independence Day Whirl-
away had had nine races. He had
won four, finished second four times
and third once. He picked up only
few hundred dollars finishing second
in his first two starts at Keeneland
In April. Here is his record since
winning the Clark Handicap, his
first triumph, April Is:
Clark Handicap, Churchill
Downs %, $2150.
Dixie Handicap, May 8, Pim-
lico ID, $19,275.
Suburban Handicap, May 80,
Belmont (2), $1,000.
Carter Handicap, June Is,
Aqueduct CD, $3.50.
Mile and eighth race, June "a,
Aoueduct %, $2,275.
Brooklyn Handicap, June 28,
AQueduct D, $3.50.
Butler Memorial. July 4, En-
pire City (2), $4,000.