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Show Henry Takes Chance on War Admiral By HENBT MeLEMOBC UalM Fna Sperm Writer HOLLYWOOD, Dm. 10 I knew it brand me aa a aucker Juit a thoroughly aa would the making of a down payment oa Brooklyn bridge, but I bet $ on War Admiral Ad-miral in tho Santa Anita handi- ' cap winUr book today. No on but dcmiwlt plays a winter book, only a wintar book if not cailedL a wintar book out. here, but a future hook. That la bocauM of tho natural aversion which ovary Califomian haa toward to-ward " tho word "winter Tho ' word U not in any California die 1 tlonartes. School children ar .taurht that there aro four sea- that period of the yoar which in-cludaa in-cludaa Chriatmaa and la mock warmer end nicr than anything In Florida. i la fact, the glaring aux pas I have made since arriving la California Cali-fornia waa to mention the word ladles quickly excused themselves and ruahed into the arfcor and the men-fled ta the Millard ream. I was left alone with my host's small son. who expressed the fear that my mouth would be washed out with soap and water. Later I was told by a friend that the six-letter six-letter word "winter" ia not mentioned men-tioned by Califomiaaa even ia Pullman smokers ar at stag banquets. ban-quets. In my dlaeuaaioa af winter. War Admiral has aeea left at the peat, so I will eend my lead pony hack i or him and continue my bmw graph aa him and bis relation te the future hook. I played IS aa War Admiral but for one reason he waa quoted at the unbelievable odds of It to L I say "anbsUsvahle" kenansa I aaw the seal browa toy of Maa m" War make every ae a winning eoe at LoulsvUla. at Baltimore aad iav the Belmont. No one who saw them races, especially the Belmont Bel-mont aae whoa he amsshsd a world's record without being driven, driv-en, eaa visualise Seartiacuit ar anything else with legs, aaaae and tail beating hmv If I were a betting bet-ting commissioner I would be uat as wary of offering II to 1 that Mr. aad Mrs. Tenants regret toe money they had te spend at the hospital when Shirley was bora. Of course, the II to 1 is being offered because as one beltsvee the Riddle t-year old ia coming out here for the S 100.00) race. The general feeling is that War Admiral Ad-miral will pass aa OaHforBsa for Florida with Ha cyclones, has-sards, has-sards, earthquakes, ieproey. cholera, chol-era, bubonlo plague and its a aetlevabry formidable winter climate. cli-mate. Ia so far as War Admiral la concerned, Mr. Riddle is Using up te Ma bum. What he plana ta da with the ooM is a riddle. War Admiral Ad-miral Is norataated for the richest f all stakes, hut that's as much of his hand aa the venerebis turf-awn turf-awn has cared te ahow. I doat care whether or aet War Admiral comes out for the race. I still like the idea of getting 11 ta 1 ea him. Tc tell the truth, I would take II ta 1 oa him even if be were dead as maa, Jong and etutfed by aa apprentsoe taxidermist taxider-mist nbues hlggiet previous Job had beea the stuffing aad mounting mount-ing of a Domlneeker boa. Stand--ing aclH. be can teat most of the horses Pve seen lately. Yes, TU get more satisfaction ut of that ta an War Admiral, even if he dossnt ah ear up, thaa I would if I had spent it aa I had originally planned. For M I could have taken a full course of instruction in-struction la bow ta work a magie lent era. |