New-York tribune., 1920-06-23
Handicap Goes
To Man O. War
In Easy Canter
Riddle Colt, at l to 100,
''Laughs'' Way Home in
Race" With Yellow Hand
By w. ]. Macbeth

Hard;cor +ba oroo.,,, lo1l,
Ateu iea'uie
or the metropolitan Jockey Clubs rae
ing caro- at the Jamaica track yester-
Ias' icy ~. 'luss s aa.e Deen ehe laugh Of his
!. " 1aAuel hIuoies Man o War.
; ~ ~ i"eu 'hal thls cnam-
~. vMoio pieu mas sense OF the
c-euioous ~ not OIL humor; some
.hl"e nloie man 'hose IN control of
.ne niee1inE e1idenuy conceded the
.ba 1ist1,ns ,hnnaa 9uptlc 'ha' turned out by
old 1854. Ino.sal.us 20 see the - thfee-year-
0'1 49, .nes."ue son OF ar RAY race.
osOS tesan' nano'cao OF l92o, II
.l,. ~ - W. nlCAeh' stamp were
,l,s Jnn', ~, ;,+o sp0'. & ~ "oula De "rll1en
,,l,an1iast aMi.@1s as tne
acrorr !. C,.apsel ,. " nuinor ever put
;oIDo =. "asi. d morse race IL was
,,.ol,. JuH. .a,, "d'I tlIal OF speed, 1t
WASH even an exercise gallop. 1t was
on 0n'y anGther lnI+ illustration that Barnum
0. Asns.
,I otL? .t,: -'1an ar won. But ne
,,ssu 'Ieains 20 peat he probaoly
ou.I - n"T un ias1er IN "alkoVer,
.o1 'Ne. ne H''Int nave lf'ed to beat
li'ie' d. 4eaS0' NaA war cantered
ms Hlie IN l;4l 80. Dozens of
platers down at that particular merry
go-rounds might have shown as fast
,lme. ! ne price on Man o War was
10 IOO.
Refuses to Make Time
rar bo :. e-o,,
tbis norso,, siiy one 20 rlolcu!e
ou,ner ond t,a;s -asn ar. ms
for no+ ",-o sa.5ir aa'ei ~ canno' oe planned
arainst +irna eo' ~ o"+s +s,oI, Toruer.ul morse
hes+ w.. ne ..aSh was not at lts
.auats,, loi f'VsI owners to
,anoI e" 49, aiL louf tha' had been
Ma 1aaneo overnight TO oppose Man O
var ouch action smacked not only
., uHspoftsmanshlp 1t came mighty
close to the category of hoodwinking
ule supporting pubic. thousands
SOMA snow. &c 80. s'ns 70 70 see al ", iease
ir,s yeIlov. ~. ~. l. ilso,l
49, 'iuw w, mana nad not oeen added,
over ""' "ouid nave had walk
a.
L;.L .uen' 10 Top or performance
o,.nn,. MS f'ulcu'ousiy ludlcrous IN
raht pGase, starter Mars CASSIDY,
~ Onuer .ne noses or the ofhcla!s,
r;bi, raJ " perpe 'rate one OF ms most hor-
llole Nan yI. pies Nothlng further can be
oalu eL "llaO IS 20 De SAID OF fellow
mmo csn ge' even Two thoroughbreds
A~as w. rom ", the post
vaIian. ,IIa!l war nhaiiy got bust while
u eiIo" hana was proppped. Man o
war was almost to the first turn be-
i. loie H. Naliahah, an exercise boy,
o0uIu gel el!ow H9nd @ IN motion. It's
a eooa tnlng the wilson horse wasn't
III low ne nave been strangled be
lore nan mlle. Hummer almost
oioAe NAN 0 y" ar neck keeping HIM
III restraint so rhat elbow hand could
helep "l'hln gunshot to make some
SHOW OF competition. Man o. War was
never allowed to gallop, let alone OK
tend hlmsef. He was pulled almost to
d walk through the last eighth, but
SUN won by something like eight or
Ten Ienghths
Unruly at the Start
The on,v ac+io, M.r ., W. .,,,,,oa
his admirers vas in counle -
"breaks" while hefore +ba barr;or
Once +bo Eoir p1o,, ~. 4l,1,9
to jump over the webbing and almost
succeeded. He snanned tbe barrior
and tried ~ +oLa .ba ~. -; ..L
II was u.i+b G;sionl+,, 1,~ ~, us l 'ee.ii'
him down hv +ho +i,,,a bo raon, "a +sa :"
naddock entrance Tben c,n';rr rr'ir'ru VIZ al,t
under Tho har,;or Ma,, W. .H
~ ho1+ a,,,o,, ao.ai,, -,ie'. a. eN
bro,. a' e,l'', eS .uJ,Ie'y WIN re-
- q ~. VI ne.Ilo'l' a. reverse
occ,o;or ~ ' '',..e r 'o ~
cIans aso'l s+a lui MN 70 ll'1 ailer cne r1dl
haa Vo,,d ne 1J Ioulu nave packed
~p Cass;Sf.,s eo DI o.t; e..o* many. .l,
do Ans'us na Scnio,ns tnrouenout the
u~s VS. pal !Iulally poor wars can
~ g Le. iIe'u, no matter no" Ilmited'
81" p.opei'y rom stand ne is
II!a1 I tel al o"e "a!hup way but the
oosAeS SiuD lol some reason VIII not
pei"'le nm Oo start a1ter ms tashlon,
ana so 'he patronizlng public Is made
10 suher'
IN the agnt Handlcap. with $4,000
adoed' the 1aVorite' Peter Piper, might
octeer nave peen kept IN MS stall for
a!l ohe chance ne mad The field of
zen zen was Kept at the post nine minutes,
.ne 1aVqrlte under l9o pounds all that
nhle. n but even despite this, Peter
per ProDaDly would nave won easily
enough with an even break in the luck
al Ihc start
Inc held was strung out for about
slHleeNth or mile, Peter Piper be
ing one or the very last to get away.
Nlce kllled hlm OIL getting up to the
pace. s@uletude, an outsider, and one
OF the few to get of IN the first flight,
,ed almost 70 the last jump where War
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