1930's Sports | "Seabiscuit vs. War Admiral"

Newspaper article

By: Bryan Field

Date: November 1, 1938

Source: Field, Bryan. "Seabiscuit vs. War Admiral." The New York Times, November 1, 1938. Reprinted in The Greatest Sport Stories From "The New York Times": Sport Classics of a Century. Allison Danzig and Peter Brandwein, eds. New York: A.S. Barnes, 1951, 496–499.

About the Author: Bryan Field was a correspondent for The New York Times from the 1920s to the 1940s, serving as turf editor in charge of all horseracing coverage. He later held the position of president and general manager of Delaware Park, a renowned racing facility outside of Wilmington, Delaware.

Introduction

The story of Seabiscuit and War Admiral begins with Man o' War, the legendary thoroughbred. Man o' War lost only one race during his life, as a two-year-old, when a botched start left him caught in the gate while...