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PAST AND PRESENT IDOLS Saratoga Visitors Compare Man Mano o War to OtherDay Heroes f Mr Eiddles Champion to Be Big BigAttraction Attraction for Many Who See SeeRacing Racing Only at the Spa SARATOGA X Y July 31 There is the keenest interest in the meeting of the Saratoga Racing Asso ¬ ciation which opens here tomorrow and will cbn tinne through the month of August and preparations have been made for the care end entertainment of the greatest throng tit pleasureseekers this town has ever known A splendid program lias been pro ¬ vided the best horses in training are here the grqunds are at their loveliest and all that is neces ¬ sary to make the meeting a memorable success is a continuance of the good weather of the past week weekThere There are a great many persons from all sections of the Inited States Canada and Cuba here Many of them see racing at no other course in the United States and among this class there is a desire to look upon Man o War Many of these individuals have a particular horse which they have seen here in the past on a pedestal For some of them Sysonby was the greatest horse America has yet produceil while others are just as loud in their praises of Colin but among those whose visits include 1880 there is no thoroughbred like Luke Blackburn They urge that there is no way by which horses of dif ¬ ferent periods may be compared but that the Dwyer threeyearold established a most enviable record in tliB year mentioned when he not only jnet tha JxJSCiTL his owji age but conquered the their cracks of the handicap division at all distances and over all sorts of tracks early in the year They yearThey aver that stanch as Mr Riddles champion has shown himself and they are ready lo believe him firstclass they want to see him in action against the best of the older division with the weight scale against him before they will agree with New Yorkers that the son of Fair Play is the greatest horse that this country has yet produced They point to the fact that their hero ran twenty four races as a threeyearold of which he won twentyone fell iir another which he had at hi mercy and was beaten in his first start through lack of condition conditionLIKENED LIKENED TO CHAMPION OF 1880 1880A A glance at the records show many points of similarity between the idol of the present day tuf world and the champion of 1880 Both colts uti ¬ lized speed of the most dazzling quality to kill off their opponents and both were remarkable for their physical perfections In only one of Man o Wars races this year has he failed to outstrip his compet ¬ itors from the start This was in the Dwyer Stakes at Aqueduct where the ground crumpled beneath his feet at the start John I Grier broke quickjy and set such a terrific pace that the champion was not able to open his customary gap in his first eighth Kuminer said after the race in talking with Mr Riddle that the effort at the start took quite a lot out of Man o War The fact that Man o War has broken records and seems capable of continuing his onslaught on Father Time has made little impression im these oldtimers who say that tracks are many seconds faster today than they were when their champion was racing and nothing short of an actual test against the best of the older horses will satisfy them Those who have been looking at Man o War all year believe that the big chestnut is capable of any task that may be set for him and they are confident that lie will come through the ordeal with flying colors as soon as his owner and trainer care to make the trial trialIn In the opinion of Mr Riddle Man o War is a better horse because of the hard race lie had with John P Grier GrierThe The shaking up lie got in the Dwyer Stakes did our colt a lot of good said Mr Riddle to a friend a few days ago He was a different liorse in every way the day after that contest It tightened him up as he never had been before and we are all looking for him to show great form at Saratoga SaratogaSAM SAM HILDRETH PRAISES RIDDLE COLT Sam Hildreth who is a great admirer of Man o War expressed himself in similar fashion two davs after the Dwyer Stakes That Man o War is a wonder all right I saw him out on the track this morning and the boy had all he could do to stay on his back He is in a class by himself was the comment of the man who has trained as many highclass horses as anybodv In the Inited States StatesAs As Man o War is ready to fill all of his engage ¬ ments here the public will get its first view of him in the Miller Stakes formerly the Kenner named in honor and memory of the late secretarytreasurer of the Saratoga Association This is a test at a mile and threesixteenths and in it he will proh ably meet his former opponents John P Grter and Wildair from the Whitney string He is also nominated for the Champlain and Saranac Handi ¬ caps but he will hardly start in either and his second appearance will in all probability be made in the Travers Stakes oil Saturday August 21 The Huron which is to be run on the Thursday following is like those already named for three yearolds exclusively and then will follow the two races in which the public hope Mr Riddle will send the big colt after the older horses horsesThe The events in question are the Merchants anil Citizens Handicap at one mile and threesixteenths and the Saratoga Cup at one mile and threequar ¬ ters It is in the former that he would receive his real test as the cup is at weightforage Sir Barton Exterminator Lucullite John 1 Grier Wildair Minto II and every other good threeyear old and over in training would be his competitors in the handicap The public will await the an nnuncement of the weights for this race with par ¬ ticular interest and the majority who have seen tho big chestnut in action this year are confident that the champion will treat the horses of the older division as he has lils own ownWill Will Mr Riddle select Saratoga as the battle ground for Man o War or will he postpone it till later in the year
