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MAN 0 WAR AS A THREEYEAROLD Some Admirers of Mr Riddles Champion Believe that He Will Go Through the Season Unbeaten There are those who are of the opinion that Man o War the greatest of the twoyearolds of 1910 and which should have gone through the sea ¬ son unbeaten will win all of his engagements as a threeyearold This belief is predicted on the colts great superiority over those of his own age in 1Jl and the fact that the big son of Fair Play has come through the winter in fine shape and is taking his work to the entire satisfaction of Louis Feustel his trainer trainerThen Then are abundant exmples in the history of tin turf where the crack twoyearold of a given year failed to achieve the same distinction at three Domino and His Highness were conspicuous ex ¬ amples but it is the contention of the adherents of Man o War that both these stars came from fam ¬ ilies that were not noteworthy for staying qual ¬ ities On the other hand Man o War is bred to run all day as his sire Fair Play was distinctly a stayer and could probably have taken the measure of anything of his own age at three over a cup distance distanceOn On the maternal side Man o War inherits endur ¬ ance as the Kock Sand family possesses this trait to a remarkable degree It is essentially a family of stayers and it was fortunate for the breeding industry of the Tinted States that this admirable son of Sainfoin should have had an opportunity o leave his impress on the blood stock of this country That his sons will pass it on is indicated by the per ¬ formances of Thunderclap by Vulcain a stout stayer himself in France which established an American record of 229 for a mile and a half at Laurel last fall fallIn In conformation Man o War also typifies the stayer His long sweeping strides would also tend to strengthen the conviction that he will run as far as horses are asked to go in this country The mat ¬ ter of speed need not be touched upon Mr Kiddles champion gave abundant evidence of his powers in this respect when he came from three or four lengths behind the fleet Constancy in the Hopeful Stakes at Saratoga last August and made her look like u plater in less than an eighth It was a mat ¬ ter ot common knottlcdne at Saratoga shortlyafter Constancy had passed into Guy Kedwells hanils that she had worked threeeighths in 4 seconds some made it a trifle faster At Jamaica in the spring and later on at various places Man o War worked in public in time that has never been approached under similar conditions by a horse of his age ageIt It is difficult to refrain from employing superla ¬ tives in describing the merits of Man o War He will be one of the greatest attractions of the cur ¬ rent season and if his owner who is a good sports ¬ man and puts the future usefulness of his horse above any pecuniary returns adheres to his decision not to start the son of Fair Play too often as a threeyearold there is no reason why 1921 should not find the regal chestnut a participant in the feature events of that season Mr Kiddie would like to win the Preakness Stakes and Feustel is training Man o War for that event but the two races he would rather win than any other prizes of the year are the Saratoga up and the Utilization Stakes These are both over a distance which calls for the qualities which every true lover of a good horse hopes and believes Man o War will transmit to his progeny when his racing days are over overMr Mr Kiddle has given his word that Man o War will not leave the land of his birth and that breed ¬ ers in general shall have a chance to secure serv ¬ ices to him This means much for the future of the American turf
