Robert F. Kennedy 1968 presidential campaign and tried to heal it, saw war and tried to stop it." Kennedy concluded the eulogy by paraphrasing George Bernard Shaw, "As he said many times, in many parts of this nation, to those he touched and who sought to touch him: 'Some men see things as they are and say why? I dream things that never were and say why not?' " Later that day, a funeral train carried Kennedy's body from New York to Washington, D.C., where he was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery. Kennedy had been a supporter of the Civil Rights Movement. During the
But Why Not Not reeled off five victories in seven stakes races. In the beginning of June, she won the Acorn Stakes at Belmont Park. Then she shipped to Chicago, Illinois, in late June and won the Arlington Classic at a mile in open company on the turf. She added another win that year at Arlington Park in the Arlington Matron Handicap at a mile on the dirt. In August, But Why Not traveled to upstate New York and ran in the prestigious Alabama Stakes at Saratoga Race Course. In that race, she beat Miss Grillo going away in 2:05 flat over a