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MAN 0 WAR FOR KENTUCKY Champion to Head Pretentious Glen Riddle Stud in Blue Grass State Will Continue to Race Next Year, Owner Intimates. SARATOGA, N. Y., August 24. Man o War will stand on a Kentucky farm after he is done with racing. Mrs. Walter M. Jeffords is authority for this statement, which sets at rest all conjectures concerning the ultimate disposition of the great son of Fair Play Mahubah after his racing days are through. Mrs. Jeffords is the foster daughter and niece of Samuel D. Riddle, owner of the colt. Present plans for Man o War include the purchasing or an extensive farm in the Blue Grass region and the selection of such blue-blooded brcod mares of the Glen Riddle establishment as Mr. and Mrs. Riddle shall elect to keep. The stallion will be permitted to serve only such outside . mares as are considered desirable mates for him. The advantages of Maryland, Pennsylvania. New York anil other states were considered in selecting the spot where the three-year-old champion would spend the rest of his days in the improvement of the breed of horses, Mrs. Jeffords said today. Decision was made in favor of Kentucky only after experts in breeding had pronounced it the most favorable spot for the Riddle champion. However, lovers of the great horse need not lie alarmrd by this announcement, Mrs. Jeffords intimated. Man o Wars racing days are not over. Instead, lie will be campaigned for one or two years more. He is Us sound as a dollar and bears every indication that lie will stand training for years to VOfflU, .
