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S. B. RIDDLES MAN 0 WAR . i i Enjoying a Weil-Earned Vacation at Owners Maryland Farm. The 1919 Juvenile Champion and His Peculiarities and the Stables Favorite. or i -i "Big Red," as lie is known at liomc. or Man o "War to the public, is doing well in liis vacation quarters at Mr. S. I. Riddles farm at Berlin, Md. Outside- of a short, sharp attack of influenza last spring at linilico, tin 1910 champion has not suf-. fcrcd from any ailment. His feet and legs are perfect and only liis temper that of a highly organized thoroughbred of great health and stamina causes watchfulness. Man o War is a general favorite in the stable, "lie even likes trainer Louis Feustel." recently wrote Henry V. Kins in the New York Sun. "Resides the stable bands Man o War has two other friends. They are little Man o War. an Airedale terrier, and Major Treat. Feustels saddle horse. The dojr is his pal and is in his stall day and night. The colt knows the Majors steps fifty yards away and when he hears the saddle horse approaching he sticks his bead oat of his stall to greet him. Mr. Riddle has a dozen other thoroughbreds in the stable and Red appears to know every one of them and shows likes for some and dislikes for others. "A remarkable tiling about Mini o War is that he never bucked. His shins were perfectly sound all year. Man o "War is a big colt. His boner, are extra large and he stands sixteen hands. He is thoroughly sound and with the exception of once, at Saratoga, when he suffered from a little crack on the heel, never was touched by any kind of healing salve, or ointment. "Trainer Feustel did not have to dig ntuch to-find out Big Reds greatness. Mr. Riddle bought Man o AAar as a yearling at Saratoga for $.1,000. Feustel broke him there and then shipped him to Rerlin. After he had romped about the farm for n couple of months he was given a trial. And in the first trial he stamped himself as a wonderful colt. Although he was exceptionally green he fairly flew over the ground, and under a stout pull covered a quarter in 2:! seconds. With that trial as his record he was turned out for the winter. He grew big but failed to take on as much weight as his trainer desired, and Feustel set about to find out the cause. Investigation and observation showed that he was bolting his feed. To remedy this the trainer invented a bit and put. it in his mouth at mealtimes. This hail the desired effect. It caused him to masticate his oats and hay properly, and in less than a fortnight Man o AVar begun to take on flesh, and when he went, to the post in the Futurity he weighed more than 1.200 pounds. "Resides being a great race horse, Man o AVar is a wonderful work horse. Time and again lie reeled off half miles in :45. Rut his greatest work was at Jamaica on the eve of the Youthful Stakes. "With Loftus and a heavy saddle on his back he ran five-eighths around the sharp turns in .IS seconds, more than a second faster than the track record. In several races he could have beaten records, but was not pressed enough to be obliged to break them. MAN 0 WAS IS IN GOOD HANDS. " Rig Red is the idol of trainer Louis Feustels turf life. Feustel is probably the youngest trainer that ever saddled a Futurity winner. lie is only thirty-eight years old, but he is a thorough horseman ami knows the intricate points of the sport as well as any of the veterans. lie has been at the business since he was eleven years old. lie always liked horses, and while still in knickerbockers went to work on Mr. Relmonts farm at Rabylon, L. I. Feustel stayed there for nineteen years, raising himself from a lad of all work to head trainer. For four years he had complete charge of all of Mr. Relmonts thoroughbreds in training, and with them won thousands of dollars and a host of stakes. He developed and trained many great horses for . Mr. Relmont. including Rock Aiew, Fair Ilay, Iriscillian aim v .ntcrgoiu. nut lie says none ever was the equal of Man o AAar. "When Feustel left Mr. Relmont he bought Ho "Will for 9.100 and developed him into one of the best sprinters in the country. AVith He AVill he won more than 11.000 i:i purses. Two years ago I12 went with 1. A. Clark, hut lie held fis ob ""l- n few months. Last year he signed witli Mr. Riddle, and it is likely he will remain witli this popular and generous sportsman for many years; At Saratoga Mr. Riddle announced that he. his trainer and jockey were a combination which would not be broken for a l ing time. "That Mr. Riddle is a thorough sportsman ami a great asset to the turf there is no doubt. He has loved the thorcnghbred all of his life, and for more than thirty years has been identified with the turf. Three years ago he began to build up an extensive stable and for two years met with reverse after reverse. So disappointing were his horses that one less sportsmanlike would have quit in disgust. Rut not Mr. Riddle. He persisted in his search for good horses and engaged Feustel to help him. In 1018 he was rewarded, for he found Man AAar and a dozen other good ones which did not get a chance to show their worth because of the influenza which struck them down at linilico. "On the sport Mr. Riddle has spent more than a half million dollars. His farm at Rerlin is one of the best in America, and liis other at Glen Riddle, ln.. near Philadelphia, is a, show place. At Rerlin he has two tracks and a steeplechase course and as fine a set of stables as there are in the world. And he is not finished building yet. For Man o AVar lie has erected a special fireproof .stable and a new corral for his jumpers."
