Word: seabiscuit
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...year's end, three months ago, while Man o' War munched hay, racing authorities were scratching their heads in an effort to decide whether War Admiral, his son, or Seabiscuit, his grandson, was the best racehorse...
...Although Seabiscuit was leading money winner of 1937 with $168,580, turfmen split on choosing the Horse of the Year. The magazine Horse & Horseman gave the honor to Seabiscuit on the recommendation of 25 leading turfmen. The Turf and Sport Digest polled 256 U. S. sportswriters, decided the honor should go to War Admiral, undefeated in eight starts...
...covers a full year, from January1 to December 31. During the current season, the two biggest money-winning U. S. race horses have been three-year-old War Admiral, undefeated in eight starts, including the so-called triple crown (Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes), and four-year-old Seabiscuit, champion of the handicap division. Horse-race followers would have liked to see a match between them, but, failing that, were interested to see which would win most money for their respective owners, Samuel D. Riddle and Charles S. Howard. Twice this season War Admiral and Seabiscuit have displaced each...
...days later Seabiscuit, about $9,000 behind War Admiral, came from behind to win the Riggs Handicap at the same track, and the race was over. Seabiscuit was the winner...
...distribution is thus Business with a capital B and many a distributor and dealer has ridden his trade to fame & fortune. Distributor Charles S. Howard of San Francisco, having sold Buicks since the company began, now enjoys possession of the race horse Seabiscuit. Ford Dealer Samuel Breadon owns the St. Louis Cardinals. Packard Dealer Alvan Tufts Fuller became Governor of Massachusetts. Newest star to rise from the dealer ranks is Roy Samuel Evans, president of new American Bantam...