On November 1, 1938 Americans began pouring into the Pimlico race track. A match race between War Admiral and Seabiscuit was actively becoming something for everyone. Nearly all the stands were filled, plus some of the infield by 10:00 a.m. Families unwound themselves with smiles when they entered the track. Once the horses entered the damp, clumped dirt the screaming grew more.
Seabiscuit and War Admiral came out one behind the other to set up for the race. War Admiral crimson ringed eyes glared out the track ready to leap out at the bell and leave behind his rival. The straining horses came precisely head and head at the starting rope. Both horses were ready and the bell cracked. War Admiral clawed at the race as Seabiscuit gradually accelerated, clinging to the first place. Rails flashed by as the horses came by at lighting speeds leaving an indistinct humming sound behind them, blending into the clouds of dust. War Admiral tried to stay with Seabiscuit sustaining a golden speed. Intensity was boiling over in the crowd once Charley and War Admiral caught Woolf and Seabiscuit, cutting the air like a sickle. Seabiscuit and War Admiral flashed by the infield glaring at each other down the homestretch. War Admiral's muscles bulging as he blazed up to Seabiscuit. Once War Admiral took the slightest lead, Seabiscuit pounced back into first place, and then made a dash for the finish. Woolf and Seabiscuit flew past the wire with a 4 length lead. Seabiscuit won the race. The crowd went wild and Seabiscuit took the victory with George Woolf aboard.
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