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I'rct- H ty soon now his trainer will ho Kct- H tins him ready for the races of 10-2. H And a llttlo Inter his owner will bo H hnvlng thrlllH up and down hts hack- H hone as the oldtliuu cry noes up from H the grandstand, "Thcyr'c ortl" H For this yenr Fred Iturlew and Den H Jumlu Block hope to have this romp- H Ihr colt say "Yes" to the question H (vhlch Is now beliiK asked wherever H horspuien and lovers of the thoroiiKh- H bred cougrcgnto: H "Is iMorvldi a second Man o' War?" H Yes ; this roui;hcoated, romping colt HB in the big Jnmalca paddock Is Morvlch, H the undisputed two-year-old champion, B of 1021. And ho looks the part, lie H Is n Holld mahogany bay In color, with H the exception of a diamond-shaped H" button of white on the nose, a fow H scattering hairs of the samo color In H the forehead and tho off-hand pastern H white with black spots around the H coronet. Uo Is larger than most peo- H plo believe, measuring 15.3 hands. At H present he girths 70 Inches. HIh depth H through the heart Is very great for a H colt of; his size, while his breast Is full H and pr;'oiilnent. Ills croup Is high and H tils hljnl leg Is a trifle crooked, be- H tokening great leverage. H Mitel) has' been written about Mor- H rlch;s,Rnees.ti Both of these members H had U.Jiau.ry n'ptiearnnce In tho summer, H but thcvoffn one has cleared up and H is now n'o'rmhl. There Is a kiuir on H the other y knee whk'Ii may disappear H in tlincjyjiMigli IX Irf moderately hard H to tho 'touch.' Fria), Burlew" thinks thb H chances are -that' 'the 'toJU, will go on H and train soundly as a three-year-old B despite the blemish. B One of Morvicli'u .best assets has H boon his temper. In or out of the H tuble he behaves like a gentleman. B Ills beautiful head, with Its marvel- H ously luminous eyes of a liquid brown, H with centers of the tleepest blue, are B et far apart In his skull. These and B tils shurp ratlike ears bespeak Intel- B llgeuce of tho highest order and tell H the reason why he has never been a H' moment's copcem to those who luivo H) bnd to do with him. H Morvlch limy or may not prove him- B, "e'f a second Man o War this coin- Hi Ing season the tips and downs of the H turf are proverbial and the racing H' stables are full of disappointments IR that staited out as world-beaters B tmt It must be almltted that he has Bu done everything that has been asked H?. cf hlin to date. I.ust season as a two-year-old ho dodged no man's horse, won all of his 11 races and earned $113,2.'M In purses nnd stakes. And hero Is his history In brief: Morvlch, brown colt by Hunnymede-Hymlr, Hunnymede-Hymlr, by Dr. Lcggo, wns foaled Feb. 14, 1010, at the Nnpa ranch of A. H. SprecklJs, n wealthy California!! who breeds and races thoroughbreds for love of the game. Ills first start wns Mny 0, 1021, In the Suffolk Belling stakes at Jamaica, five furlongs, In tho Spreckles' colors. Ho won by ten lengths at odds of 80 to 1 In 1 :004-5. Ills was' entered to bo sold for $3,000. Ho wns not rjm up, Max Hlrsch then offered $1,500 for him nnd Trnlnor C. W. Carroll snld, "Sold." Hlrsch didn't like tho colt's kne and sold him to Fred Burlew for $7,-500. $7,-500. Burlew wns trainer for Benjn-rain Benjn-rain Block, n New York broker, a beginner be-ginner ut the racing gnme. Morvlch won tho Greenfield selling stakes nt Jamaica Mny 10 nnd n purse at Aqne-duct Aqne-duct and Empire City for tho B & n stable. After Morvlch had won another purse nt Umpire City, July 20, Snra III), dreth of itancoens ntnhlo fnmo Harry Har-ry M. Sinclair, the oil mnn, Is' the rest of the workH made an offer of something some-thing like $100,000 for Morvlch. Burlew Bur-lew was for selling, snld he couldn't afford to own half n horse as valuable as Morvlch. But Block said "No" to Htldreth and bought Burlew's half Interest In-terest forv $37,000. The luck of beginners Is proverbial on the turf.' Morvlch, with Burlew training, proceeded to win fame ami fortune In short order for Block. The colt went to Saratoga In August and made a clean sweep for the orange and Jade silks, winning the United States hotel stakes, $0,075; the Saratoga Special. Spe-cial. $10,500 and the Hopeful stakes, 31,000. At Havre do Orace, September Septem-ber 21, he picked up the l-.asl Shore handicap, $7,100. At l'lmllco, November Novem-ber 5, he won the llrst running of the l'lmllco Futurity from a field of ll. Ills share of the money was $12,750. He was then retired for the reason. The l'lmllco Futurity brought the winnings of Morvlch up to $115 234. Only three other two-year-olds have earned over $100,000: His Highness, $100,900 In 1801 ; Domino, $170,890 In 803, and Colin, $181, (Y7 In 1007. Had Morvlch been eligible for tho Futurity, he would probably won nn additional $40,000, ns he run away from the Futurity Fu-turity winner. Bunting, when they met. A truly great race horse must have speed and cournge nnd go n dlstnnce. These nro essentials. Addltlonnl fnc-tors fnc-tors aro health, ability to stand training. train-ing. Intelligence good behnvlor und n lovo of rncing. Those arguing for Morvlch hold that nn analysis of his 11 racei shows that he Is healthy, sturdy, easy to train, Intelligent, docile, and love to race; that he Is well-behaved nt tho post, a quick brenker, runs well In front nnd can come from behind; thnt he Is game; that he enn carry, weight; thnt ho Ib equally good In any khul of going; that bo hns done everything thnt he has been naked ,to do. ., , ' Those arguing against Morvtch hold that In winning his 11 races' fie did" nothing phenomenal; that the two-' year-olds of 1021 were a second-rate lot; that the I'lmllce Futurity, "'ftni In 1 :42 for tho rallo, was n cheap race except for Iho. size of.the, rjursc; jjiat he crimes from a family jnore.jijojtjin for extremo speed than jitiimlnu " , Owner Block' Ih one who' has .contfc dence In the greatness 'bf MnrvMi.' Hernia entered MorvIcK very ill) eHil-v ly In the Wg sliik'ea-ahUf'hundlctt'riiiof 1022. He Intimates tliat his xJu'im'plUn colt will be ready to meet both hordes of his own age and the older cracks of the handicap division. "Morvlch will not dodge any man's hore," says proud .Ownor Block, Five Jockeys Metcalfe,. I.nsor, Keogh, Snudo and Johnson have ridden rid-den Morvlch. All pronounce him a "great horse." Block has been offered large sums for his champion, who Is Insured for $150,000. It Is Mated that Morvlch should be pronounced M-o-r-v-l-k nnd thut Spreckles named him after a friend. |
