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ENTHUSIASM FOR SUPREME DEED NO BETTING SPIRIT OVER MAN 0 WAR WARNEW NEW YORK N Y June 2 John E Madden commenting on American racing Man o Wars great performance in the Withers Stakes on Sat ¬ urday and the attitude of the reform element to ¬ ward the American turf said saidMan Man o Wars performance was a noble one He is the equal of any horse of any year It is hard to compare the great horse of one year with that of another What struck me above all other incidents at Belmont Park Saturday was the spirit of the great crowd there It rose to Man o War witli wonderful enthusiasm The outburst was a glowing tribute to a heroic figure in a great sj ort There was no gambling angle in the flood of feel ¬ ing over the performance The odds about Man o War were prohibitive I do not think there was 1000 bet on him The reformers which seek to choke the greatest of outdoor recreations might have the greatest of outdoor recreations might have drawn a great lesson from the flood of cheers which filled the air for Man o Wars supreme racing excellence excellenceA A moving picture or electric record could they have been made of the scene would have been an unanswerable argument to place before the Con ¬ gressional committee which has the SimsSterling bill against racing and personal liberty in its hands Saturdays feeling as expressed by the great crowd at Belih out Park was for the sport ofcrucingand hud iu it nothing of the spirit of Kpccallonbecauife as I say there was little Or no betting about the race
