Sport: Who Won, Mar. 15, 1937

¶The four-year-old filly Columbiana, with Apprentice Jockey Hubert Le Blanc up, for her young Owner William J. ("Buddy") Hirsch, son of famed Trainer Max Hirsch: $52,000 and the gold Widener Challenge Cup, in the richest event of Florida's most profitable racing season; on the last day of the meeting at Hialeah Park, near Miami. Said rich Track Owner Joseph Widener while presenting his Cup to Buddy Hirsch: ". . . I think that Columbiana is young Mr. Hirsch's only horse. ... It proves once again that all men are equal on and under the...

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