The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-12
(Reg. U. s. Pat OR.) By JACK CUDDY

| United Press Staff COrrespondent)
 New York, June 12.-OP)-Rac- ing biggies-who display touching sentiment for horses, but little horse sense"-must have splashed tears of sorrow into their coffee saucers this morning because Uncle Sam had halted the flight of Sea Swallow.
 Sea Swallow, you may remem- Der, is c. s. Towards brown three year-old colt which travelled in hoss- i Pullmans total of 5,291 miles dur ing the past two months, while our f1hting men were being shipped about the U. s. A. in cars so jam med, at times, that they would have anguished an enduring sar- dine.
 There Is a possibility that the Swallows grand tour" stimulated J. Monroe Johnson,s kicking leg I when he booted the bang tails of the choo-choos yesterday J.M.J. is director of the Off1ce of Defense Transportation, you know. He not only booted them of the railroads; he also pitchforked the hay-burners oil the public truck-vans.
 Of course, Mir Towards colt son Of mighty Seabiscuit-waS not the only equine excursionist since the racing ban was lifted May g; but he might be called the 'hawss celebre" because this pilgrim pony apparently was the worst offender of good wartime taste.
 If you have at hand a map of the North American continent. VOL can follow the wanderings of this oat-mangling Marco Polo. When the ban was lifted in May, Sea swallow was at Agua Caliente, Mexico, where he had won his first two starts as a three-year-old in April.
 Then the gypsy instinct in him became unbridled. He journeyed to Churchill Downs, Ky, where he fin- ished seventh in the Blue Grass stakes and a similar seventh in the Kentucky Derby. Next stop on his Cooks tour of the turf was plmIico, Md, where he loped under the wire sixth in the Preakness Heartened by this improvement, he grabbed a rattler for New York,s Belmont Park, where he advanced a notice by winding up fifth in the Belmont stakes.
 There is an old saying that travel IS broadening Well. it must have oroadened the Swallows stride, be- cause he took jaunt up to Suf- loik Downs, Mass, and there won the Yankee Handicap on July 4 The ambling alfalfa inhaler stunned everyone with this victory, paving Ss4.0O to the few seafaring bottle toters who had backed him because or his name combination. This tri- umph also earned $25 ,675-larpest purse in the handicap's historyVfor owner Howard, Pacific coast auto mobile magnate.
 Sea Swallow was mighty proud of tnls achievement. He had proved ne could pay his way-that he wasn't mere horse collar around Towards neck. He could nick in cabbage, and that ain't hay. So he whlnnied. lon to Chicago! On to Washington Park! It's only l.o18 miles away" So the son of Sea- biscuit was shipped to Washington FarK, where on Saturday he is slated to compete in the Arlington Classic. 'o1-
 It is understood that the Swallow had a very enjoyable trip--that ne suffered none of the discomforts or the service men in the coaches some of whom were travelling under conditions reminiscent of the old 40 and g cars in France during the last war. The 40 and 8" neant 40 men or eight horses. Travel ing conditions in those days brousht tears to the eyes of many prom. inent American sportsmen The thought of 1t made their hearts bleed-the thought o6 eight horses being crowded into such small space.