The Archive · 1938

America's Greatest Horse

Worm's-eye view of Charles S. Howard's mighty Seabiscuit crossing the finish line three lengths ahead of Samuel D. Riddle's famous War Admiral to win the $15,000 match race which finally decided the long-drawn-out argument over which was the greater race horse. The thoroughbreds raced over 1% mile, with jockey Georgie Woolf keeping the winner in front most of the way. he son of Man O'War was ridden by Charley Kurtsinger.

The much-publicized race was run on the Pimlico Track recently in Maryland.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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