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CHAMPION MAY RACE AGAIN Despite Denials Rumors Persist That Man o7 War Is to Return No Good Reason Why He Should ShouldNot Not Follow the Examples of ofPontiac Pontiac and Ogden NEW YORK N Y June 14 In spite of a denial two months ago by the owners of Man o War rumor persists that there is a good chance of the public having another view of this great horse in action before the close of the present racing sea ¬ son Louis Feustel who prepared Man o War for all of his races wants him back in his old quar ¬ ters and there are others with influence in the councils of the Glen Riddle Stable Just as eager as the trainer to see the big champion sport the black and orange colors of the confederacy once more in a race raceThere There are abundant examples of horses coming back to the races after a year or two in the stud and making good Pontiac did it and so did Og dcn the latter horse winning two races in one afternoon at Sheepshcad Bay It was on Septem ¬ ber 2 1901 that his astute owner the late William Lakeland asked the brown horse for this test When Ogdon won the second race at threequarters with IM pounds up and piloted by OConnor in 113 many persons drew their pencils through the horscss name in the last race which was at a miU and a sixteenth over the grass course and for which the impost was 120 pounds They didnt know Lakeland who was a jockey in the day of heat racing and who made a close study of the capabilities of the horses in his charge Ogden came out for the sixth race as fresh as a daisy and won more easily than on his previous race raceThat That the racing qualities of the Futurity winner of 1S9C were not impaired by his breeding cam ¬ paigns was proved then and there and that racing did not rob him of his virility was manifested on his return to the breeding ranks as Ms progeny was numerous and prominent including some of our best performers notably The Finn FinnThere There are numberless examples in the ranks of the tiotting horses of stallions after a much longer campaign than that of Man o War racing with dis ¬ tinction and in many instances lowering their records year after year There is no appreciable difference between the thoroughbred and standard bred types today though there is no denying the fact that as a result of different methods of racing the trotter being compelled to win his laurels in a series of heats while the thoroughbred is tested in single dashes of varying distances the standard bred has developed an amazing lung power and possesses staying qualities which breeders in the thoroughbred ranks cannot hope to equal until there is a return to the longdistance races of a fonno and lamented period of the turf in the United States StatesLONGDISTANCE LONGDISTANCE RACING FEATURED FEATUREDIt It is to the credit of our racing authorities that there is a desire to return to the tests which brought into play the powers for which the thor ¬ oughbred has been vaunted fcr more than 2i 0 years If the breeders of the country are not blind to their own interests they will cooperate in every way in the furtherance of this policy for it is only by such trials as the Belinont Lawrence Realiza ¬ tion Latonia Derby Miller and Travers Stakes Latonia Championship the Coaching Club American Oaks Autumn Gold Cup the Saratoga Cup and Latonia Cup that the breed can be improved improvedThens Thens would appear to be no good reason why Man o War should not score a comeback It is a stable secret that the horse brushed a tendon in his 75000 race with Sir Barton at Windsor last fall but time ought to have made him as sound as ever That the injured leg filled a trifle the night of the race was known to less than a half dozen persons The Kenilworth course is not as smooth as our eastern tracks and Man o War is a longer st rider than any horse the American turf has known of late years perhaps in its history and certainly in the last twentyfive years taking twentyfive feet at each of those greyhoundlike bounds of his which carry him over the ground so smoothly that his superb body appears to ba suspended in midair Jle ran as usual without bandages and it is re ¬ markable under the ciicnmstaiiccs that he did not do himself more serious injury injuryThere There is one test that Man o War should have if he is put into training again and that is the mile record against time now held by Roamer Louis Feustel U confident that Man o War carry ¬ ing 110 pounds as Salvator ami Rounior did when they made their records of 135 and 134 re ¬ spectively can place the mark at 132 over IJel inont Park At the same time he would have an opportunity of regaining the race recoril at a mile from which he was deprived by Audacious recently Of course Man o Wars mile as a three yearold with the same weight in the saddle as Audacious cairicd as a fouryearold will always be reckoned the better performance When Man o War won the Withers in 135 he wan cantering all through the last eighth while Audacious wa 5 straight when he scored in 135 Should the big fellow be put into training by the end of this month he would be ready for any test in the autumn Those who have seen him in the stud say that he has not be ¬ come gross and if this is true the task of prepara ¬ tion would be all the easier easierAs As Playfellow thethreeyerold brother to Man o War is coming into the public eye and bidding fair to rival the best of the thoroughbreds of 1921 what would be more interesting than a race be ¬ tween the famous brothers at a mile and a quarter r over the cup route of one mile and threequarters Though Playfellow has yet to achieve tins highest distinction thcie are those who already place him in the ranks of the great That he has won his last two races at a mile with ridiculous case in fast time indicates his speed lie is bred to stay all day while his temper is of the sort that is a delight to his trainer and which when coupled with his other good qualities goes far toward mak ¬ ing him a great horse horseThe The turf world will be eager to learn more about Man o War and his talkedof comeback
