The Washington herald., 1920-09-19

"ildair Makes Game Bid.
Capt. Raj PARIS Kentucky Derby
winner, Paul Jones. was never a
contender. Blazes. however, who
also raced against the unbeaten
3-year-Old. went to the front
with Man O. War at the rise of the
barrier and stayed with him until
the first turn was reached. 1t was
Wildair. however, that proved to
have the most run when the stretch
was reached, and this colt made a
game bid to overhaul the easy-go-
ing champion.
Yesterday was the first chance
that racing fans in the vicinity of
Maryland have had an opportunity
to see Man o. War since he won
the Preakness at Pimlico in the
spring. Since that time Man o War
has won eight important races by
anywhere from ; to 100 lengths,
each one of them being nOthinS
less than a workout for him, as was
that OF yesterday.
In his last two starts Man O. War
has been held at the odds of l to
100 Through the mutueI system,
however. those who supported the
champion received the generous
odds of l to Is. His price was $3.50
for 81.
Record Crowd Is Out.
Officials at Havre de Grace re-
port that more persons passed
through the turngates of the track
yesterday than ever before in its
history. This is a true tribute to
Man o. War and what he repre-
sents
When Man O. War was paraded
before the judges as he was going
to the post he was given an over
whelming ovation by the thousands
who Jammed the grandstands, out
field and lawn. Many called TO
Jockey Hummer to break another
record but his jaw was set deter
minedly and he paid no attention to
their remarks. After he had brought
the champion home in front, how
ever. for his tenth successive vic
tory in his 3-year-old form. he
was smiling broadly as il relieved
that the tremendous responsibility
which had been placed upon him
had been fulfilled.
The Man o. War race was the
one outstanding feature of the af-
ternoon's racing. During the pre-
ceding racing one would Continu-
ally hear persons talking about the
running Of Of this race. There.was
a treme ndOus crowd about the pad
dock when he was brought up to
his stall. After the race was over
the crowd packed the track in front
of the judges stand in an effort to
get near Ia Man O. War while he
was being unsaddled.
Super1Oman Wins Opener.
In the opening dash, W. J. SAT-
mons SuperwOman, a 2-year-old,
which raced well at Havre de Grace
in the spring, won handily from
RanCOcas and VOormir.
Charlie Sunny accounted for the
next race and was the only favorite
of the day to score outside of Man
O. War.
Jockey EIeeger won his first race
since the meeting started on Con-
nOlly's Napthalius. Napthalius came
strong in the closing strides to take
the decision from RrentOn's Link
Boy.
Mildred just was able to outIast
the fastly closing King Neptune.
ridden by Jockey Rodriguez. Nep-
tune showed a decided form rever-
sal over his previous starts
lemons Bon was forced to be
satisfied with one of the lesser por-
tiOns of the purse once more in the
sixth race. when ClOpton's Lady
Emmeline lead the way home with
Capital City. taking the place easily
in a belated rush Capital City
would have caught the winner in a
few more strides.
EnOther long shot scored in the
nightcap when Jockey Sande
brought Sunny Hill home by a short
margin in front of The Desert and
COIumbine. Gath. one of the pop
ular choices. was never in the race.