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...Churchill Downs, the two "solid horses" were Our Boots and Porter's Cap. But by the time the bands tootled My Old Kentucky Home and eleven of the nation's classiest three-year-olds paraded to the post, Whirlaway had become the favorite. In the paddock, the picnic-like infield and the $100 boxes echoed and re-echoed the hardboots' enthusiasm: if Arcaro can keep Whirlaway from bearing out, there is no horse that can outstay...
Protesting against the discharge of one of their colleagues (after a knife fight few nights before), the track's 1,500 grooms had called a strike during the Seabiscuit unveiling, refused to lead the horses to the saddling paddock. Flabbergasted fans lined up at the betting windows and admission booths, got back their day's outlay, including parking and program fees...
...behind the Berkeley hills, touting his track to Lions clubs and other horse-hungry groups. Among the novelties he touted: a towering, three-tiered grandstand (only one in the U. S.), with a clear view of the finish line from every one of its 13,000 seats; a saddling paddock in front instead of behind the grandstand; a circular bar (with free hors d'oeuvres at 4 o'clock sharp) overlooking San Francisco Bay; "elephant trains," salvaged from the Exposition's dismantled Treasure Island, to transport latecomers from the far end of the vast parking area. Instead...
That young Chrysler is earnest about becoming a patron of U. S. horse racing was evident when he returned to Saratoga this year. Accompanied by Trainer McDaniel, he spent his early mornings watching workouts, his early evenings learning the ABCs of conformation at the ringside of the Sales Paddock. Before he was called back to Long Island by his father's fatal illness last fortnight, young Chrysler had added 13 more yearlings to his stable. The $53,000 he paid for them was second only to the amount spent by Chocolate Heiress Ethel Mars (Milky Way Farm), leading yearling...
...would be kept on the payroll as long as himself. A middle-aged Frank Merriwell, he neither drinks nor smokes, maintains a sporting shrine in his Brentwood home near Hollywood. Among the trophies on display in the shrine are the gloves Dempsey used to knock out Willard, the shoes Paddock wore when he broke the 100-yard dash record, the bat Babe Ruth employed when he knocked out his 60th home run in one season...