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MIGHTY MAN 0 WAR FAST TUNING UP Great Son of Fair Play Works a Mile and a Quarter in 210 With Ease NEW VOKK N Y May 14 Man o War will b ready for racing when he goes to the po t His irost recent work presages that fact In prepara ¬ tion for early shipment to Maryland trainer Louis Ftustel late Monday afternoon brought the great colt on the track at Helmont Park and worked the son of Fair Play a mile nnd a quarter iu 10 easily The king of last seasons twoyearolds uorked like a perfect piece of machinery His ling low frictionless stride fairly ate up the ground as he flew around the course The track was of the drying out ordv and far from fast Had the rider not held the colt under stout restraint throughout better time would have been recorded At tlie conclusion of the trial the consensus of rpinion of those who had the sood fortune to wit ¬ ness it was that from looks action and condition the Preakness Stake at Pimlico will be added to jhe long list of stake victories of this magnificent specimen of the thoroughbred
