Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-02-16 | Page 15 | Biscuit not Apt to Race on March 4

'Biscuit Not Apt to Race On March 4 LOS ANGELES. Feb. It lff Seabiscult, lamer than ever before In hia lift, was turfdam'i big quit-tlon quit-tlon mark today Juat it days be-Im be-Im Ba tunalng ef the- fion nrco Santa Anita handicap which b bad been favorad to win. Tralnar Tom Smith aaid ha wai afraid a suspensory ligament la Seablscutt's toft front ankla a ligament liga-ment ba had faarad would go wrong had been rupturad In tha 'Bla-cuit'a 'Bla-cuit'a daftat by Nail S. McCarthy'! Today In a 13000 mila raca laat Tuesday. If thia la true, other horsemen declared, tha mighty runner la definitely au af tha "hundred grand" an March 4, and oven If there haa been M rupture, ba may not ba aMa a reach tha Mg raeo In peak caadluoa. Dr. J. K. Patara, veterinarian at- tending Seablacult, reported today an X-ray taken of tha ankla bad revealed no broken bones. "We didn't think there would be, but we wanted to ba on the safe aide," he aaid. Ankle 'Very Sere' The jtorae'i ankle la vary sore, but tha Injury doesn't aeem to ba anything so aertoua that time wont heal It Whether Seablacult can be ready for the Santa Anita handicap la another queation." Owner Charlea S. Howard got some comfort from the fact tha Biscuit looked better than ha had expected In easy walks around tha stable ling. Hia champion, ha aaid. did not aeem to favor tha Injury aa much aa ha did when ha left tha track two days ago. "I atill have hopes the "Biscuit will answer tha bell March 4," Howard How-ard added. Oaaabaw Runs Sixth A "dark horse" candidate for tha 1100.000 puree, Loula B. Mayer's Oasabaw. one-time steeplechaser. faded yesterday when ha ran sixth In a mils and one-quarter race with Dah Ha, Amor Brujo and Par-scout Par-scout finishing In ths money. Tha Mayer atable refused to give up hope on Oaaabaw, however, although al-though it appear! that Main Man will be Its bait bet In tha big handicap handi-cap unleaa tha ex-Jumper rounds Into flat racing form. With Seablscuit $36,000 short of Sun Beau's all-tlma money-winning record. Owner Howard still clung to his dream that his 6-year-old horse would set a new mark. The "Biscuit haa wea gsts.taa. Howard aaid If he dldnt run la the Santa Anita, he would be pointed for the gSMM Oold Cup handicap at Hollywood park thia summer. If, and when, Seablacult breaks Sun Beau's record, Howard intends to retire tha son of Hard Tack and grandson of Man o War to atud at hia breading farm near San Francisco.