SpeciIAL For Rapio BROADCASTERS

From: THOROUGHBRED Racine ASSOCIATIONS

of the UNITED STATES, Inc.
400 Madison Ave., New York 17, N. Y. ELdorado 5-3724

 

 

 

 

 

PIMLICO SPECIAL, 1937.....Page 1.

LEAD IN....eaS you please...(something about re-creating famous races.)

 

NORMAL SPEED:
Good afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen:
We're speaking to you this afternoon from the roof of the grandstand at old
Pimlico in Baltimore, Maryland.

The date is November 3, 1937, The weather is clear, the track is fast.

 

There was an overnight threat of rain but that cleared up and there is a
capacity crowd present which has overflowed into the infield.

The race coming up isto be the first running of the Pimlico Spedial
earrying an added value of $7,500 and in it Glen Riddle Farm's War Admiral
will defend his crown as the champion three-year-old of 1937.

_SLIGHTLY FASTER - TENSENESS (BACKGROUND OF BUGLE CALLING "FIRST CALL".)

The bugle has just sounded calling the horses postward and as I glancé
down to my right toward the paddock gate I see that War Admiral is the first
to step onto the racing strip. He is followed by Masked General and here
comes Bottle Cap - with War Minstrel bringing up the rear.

There were ten horses in the overnight entries but six refused the issue,
The scratches included Rex Flag, Burning Star, Unfailing, Sun Phantom, Dark-
— and Regal Lady.

The fans seem to be playing War Admiral right off the board. Right now
he is listed atl-to-20. Since there is both straight and place betting on this
race there will undoubtedly be what is known as a minus mutuel pool. The
Maryland tracks return a minimum of 5 certs on each dollar bet and they will
certainly be called upon to add money to the betting pool so as to pay off at
even those short odds should War Admiral prove the winner.

Bottle Cap is second choice in the wagering at 20-to-1 and both Masked
General and War Minstrel are going begging at 25-to#l,.

(BURST OF APPLAUSE.)
The race, over the one-mile and three-sixteenths distance, will start

from the head of the stretch. War Admiral received a tremendous ovation as

 

he passed in parade on his way to the post. Starter Milton is on the track
greeting the contestants, talking to the riders and issuing last minute in-
structions to the ground crew as the horses are being brought up to the Bahr
Starting Gate.

Charlie Kurtsinger, "The Flying Dutchman" is up on War Admiral and he is
taking the horse into the Number 1 post position. As you know, War Admiral

comes up to this race without a single defeat on his three-year-21d record.