November 1 Horse Racing: 1938: War Admiral, the 1937 Triple Crown winner, is the 1-4 favorite over Seabiscuit in their mile and three-sixteenths race for $15,000 in Baltimore. The following is famed sportswriter Grantland Rice's reporting: "A little horse with the heart of a lion and flying feet of a gazelle proved his place as the gamest thoroughbred that ever raced over an American track. "In one of the greatest match races ever run in the ancient history of the turf, the valiant Seabiscui ...

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