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MAN Of WAR OUR CHAMPION RACER PREAKNESS STAKES WINNER ONE OF THE GREAT FIG ¬ URES OF PRESENT AMERICAN RACING THE COLT ENTERS THE f 100000 WINNING LIST HIS DOINGS AND ANCESTRY A GLORIOUS FUTURE PROBABLE Man o War came into the racing picture of 1920 with brilliancy lie seems to he one f i the rare figures of the noblest of sports fit to stand in modern public estimation with Sysonby and Colin He was beaten once That defeat was a mistake It should never have happened Unquestionably the best of the colts and fillies of lill Man o War carried on his quality in the Preakness Stakes The colt was not nearly at his best Tuesday But half ready he was far better than the best of his opponents He will with good fortune improve and is likely to show the American public something unusual in stamina and speed before the season of 1920 closes Individually Man o war is perfect I Us peculiirities are those of equine sturdiness He has been carefully and judiciously trained and raced and has earned the popular esteem given to him One hopes that Man o War will never again be beaten and that he will go into retirement to father children as great as himself himselfDuring During his racing career the son of Fair Play and Mahubah has raced eleven times to win ten races and 100325 100325Here Here is a complete summary of his racing to date dateDate Date Track Race Distance Finish Time Value ValueJune June GABelmont Purse 58 straight 1 f JOO JOOJane Jane 9 T BehnontKcene Memorial yirl2 straight I3 r l0535ov 4200 4200Juie Juie 21 Jamaica Youthful 5 12 1J 10035 3850 3850June June 23 Aqueduct Hudson 5S I1 1 0l 3 5 2825 2825July July 5 Aqueduct Tremont 34 1 113 4800 4800Aug Aug 2 Saratoga United States Hotel 34 1s 11225 7600 7600Aup Aup 13 Saratoga Sanford Memorial 34 2 = 1 11 15 700 700Aug Aug 23 Saratoga Grand Union Hotel 34 I1 1 12 7600 7600Aue Aue 30 Saratoga Hopeful 34 I4 113 slow 24600 24600Sent Sent 13 Belmont Futurity 34 straight I3 1 1 1 35 26650 26650Mav Mav IS Pimlico Preakness 118 1 = 151 35 23000 Total 11 races 100325 Of the champion Exile writes as follows I regard the coming of Man o War as most propitious for he is likely to be an assistant to his sire Fair Play in more firmly estab ¬ lishing the Matchem line through Melbourne an Australian The line of Melbourne hangs only by a lender thread abroad It is therefore the duty of the breeders here to foster and encourage its perpetuation from the fact that Europe and other countries will in time come to this country for this blood I am free to admit these Melbourne horses do not come often but when they do come they are more than good as witness the performances of such as Hurry On Bachelors Button Sir Martin Barcaldine and the first winner of the Triple Crown West Australian It is also well to bear in mind that the Matchem leaven is necessary in ihe production of the best of race horses sires and brood mares such as those of the chiss of Gay Crusader Commando Africander Perth Sain Malster Macdomild II Blair Athol aiul Lord Clifden ClifdenMan Man o War is bred to stay as far as horses are asked to run Fair Play his sire could well encompass a route Hock Sand sire of his dam Mahubah himself won the Triple Crown end the one and threequarters miles lockey Club Stakes Merry Hampton sire of Man o Wars granddam Merry Token won the Derby and Macgregor sire of Mizpah won the Two Thousand Guineas Ofttimes I am accused of prejudice in favor of the British thoroughbred horse but to all I say I am only prejudiced in favor of a good horse be he bred in Kam ¬ chatka or Siam The main thing is to breed the good horse and this so far as I can see has been done in the case of Man o War which3 by the way introduces a strain of American bood by way of Aerolite dam of his grandsire Spendthrift SpendthriftOutcrossing Outcrossing is the life of horse breeding and Man o War is bred on the outcross plan of mating his sire Fair Play being of Matchem descent and his dam Mahubah running back to Eclipse in the male line Liberal infusions of the Herod strain are also brought in by that best of all brood mare sires Macaroni twice via Galliards dam Mavis and his son Macgregor
