New-York tribune., 1919-08-24
$4,000
Taken Easily
BY Man o. w ar
Lotus Mount Canters Home
First i'm Grand Union:
Cudgel Also a Winner
By W. ]. Macbeth

in winning the ''G. Grand anWah Wnon o. Hosei %sFi
stakes of $4,000 at six furlones. The
feature race Of to-day's big holiday
programme, proved himself the real
Ts 9Iass of the seasons two-year- olds.
me chestnut son OF Fair Play, ridden
w tommy LOTUS, cantered the three
quarters in 1:12 fat and beat out nine
races this season.
larry larry Payne Whitney's Upset, which
scored fuky victory over Man o.
war recently, was beaten off at the end
oy ABOUT length and a half This
one probably would have been beaten .
hundred yards had Lotus cared to
make his mount do the very best he
could. Upset gained the place by about
1nree lengths from Raj PARIS Blazes.
Inc latter saved the consolation money
lrom 1. r Thorne's Evergay by neck.
Wan O War never once was let down
from from the rise Of the barrier until the
hnlsh line was crossed He was hard
held held to hand gallop, all the wnv'
re covered the groundNin giant bonnds,
ms mighty stride as tireless in the end
as at the start. He looked the nro-
verbal iron horse.
EVEN at the start, when Lotus was
rating him in a manner to place him
out of danger of interference from the
PACK, the Fair Play colt had his ears
prlcked forward and his neck bowed
as II out with gentlemen for morn
ing breeze in the park.
Victory Proves Popular
Needless to say the victory of Man
o War was popular with the greatest
throng that ever watched the
thoroughbreds in this hosbed of the
turf. Seven against ten, the pencil
men offered against his chances at the
start. But the admiring public
locked in such quantities the odds
were soon hammered down to l to 2.
1t would have been a safe investment
at l to 20.
After watching Man o War to-day
there is no telling just how GOOD a
colt h is. That he cannot 90 down
IN history linked with the invincible
Colin was due to the huke that gave
Upset the victory The last time thew
met Man o War this afternoon
wiped out the stigma of that defeat.
AS to the race itself, it took critic
a few seconds only to realize that so
tar as victory was concerned all but
ian o War might as we'll have been
IN the stable. The race was over
practically IS soon as it started.
gay was first in motion, and in the first
strides pulled a length or two in
front OF Man o War. But Lotus was
right after the pacemakcr He moved
up every stride, though his mouns
even then was under restrainst. At
the beginning Of the bend Man o War
began to work up to and past the early
pacemaker. Upset was running third
we'll within striking distance of the
other two.
Half way around Lotus decided it
was time to make it sgern chase for
the others, and his colt quickly re.
sponded. Man o War pulled away lust
as ii Evergay had been hitched And
right then Lotus took his noun. in
hand. 1t was q canter all the rest Of
the way. AT the sixteenth he was a
half dozen lengths in front of his
nearest competitor and he began to
pull -. Man o War was almost at q
walk as he passed the judges.
Upset OUTRAGED Evcrgay through the
stretch and pulled his cork so that
Blazes, which had been more or less
prominent throughout, was able to take
the show money.
The Merchants and Citizens Handi-
cap, at mile and hree-sixreenths, of
guaranteed cash value of So 500, was
also as much attractive an affair as
the richer stake for the juveniles. Ger
talnly it's running was the more spec
tacular and perhaps uncovered as fine
thoroughbred among the older divi-
sions as is Man o. War in his class.
The event fell to Commander ]. K. L..