MORVICH 



Part IV 

 VICTORY 



The tumult and the shouting have died 

 away. It is all over. The great Kentucky 

 Derby has been run. And I am back in my 

 stall. Ah, my friend, but you should have been 

 with me in that race. 



Day dawned clear and warm, and the track 

 at Churchill Downs was reported lightning- 

 fast. I could see it out there, all brown and 

 smooth, harrowed and picked clean. Beyond 

 it lay the infield. All were deserted in the 

 early morning hours, but during that period 

 there were other matters to think about. The 

 stables where we thoroughbreds entered to run 

 in the Derby and the races preceding were 

 housed, were all astir with bustling horse boys, 

 feeding, watering and grooming us; trainers 

 examining us critically for possible injuries 



—47— 



