The Washington times., 1920-07-04

MS total earnings up 10 lne oIoo'o
Man o'War was foaled at the Nur'
sery stud in Lexington, Ky, which
ir owned by Major August Belmont
and it was with reluctance that Mr..
Belmont consented to let the young
ster 10 at auction. He was sold at
the yearling sales in Saratoga in l0lS
and Mr. Riddle bought him for soooo.
Fairplay, the sire of Man oWar
vas a grand racchorse, but was un-
fortunate in that the unbeaten COIN
happened to be racing in his vicinity
at that time too. The result was that
Fair Play was finishing in the place,
but when Colin dropped out OF the
running, the Belmont colt went on
and swept the boards.
He started thirty-two times in his
career, winning ten races. finishing
second eleven times, and was third
nine times In only two races was
he out OF the money, winning total
of SS6,950 He is by Hastings, BY
| Spendthrift. Hastings was in his
time a great horse, too. Fairy Gold,
the dam of Fair Play, has thrown
nothing hut winners and they in
clude some Of the best in the country.
A FINE FAMILY.
Fairy Gold also is the dam Of Col
son of Fairy Gold. Fairy Gold was
also the dam of Flitteergold nnd
Friar Rock, winner of the Brooklyn
Handicap which was sold later to
John T. Madden, for $4,000. Madden
later disposed of him to J. H. Rossiter
of California for a large sum.
Mahubah, the dam of Man o War. is
a comparatively young matron, being
now ten years old. She never raced
very much, in fact, started only three
times as a two-year-old, and WIS sec
ond once. winning the grand sum Of
so
In her threc-year-old form she was
more fortunate with a clean slate.
starting once and winning a purse
worth $500. IT vas at Pimlico, and it
brought her grand total up to $500.
She was retired In her three-year-old
year and her first foal was Masda.
very fast flly and many time win
ner.
Mahubah is by Rock Sand. out OF
Merry Token, an imported mare. and
the dam of Merry Task, winner of the
London cup. and owned by Mr.. Bel
mont The blood lines of this great
thoroughbred trace on back 10 the
English stock, where some of the
greatest horses in the world come
from.
Man o. War began his carer on June
g. 1918, when he galloped off with
maiden event worth $500. His next
start was in the Kccne Memorial
stake, which he won on June Q, car1
rying 1l5 pounds. and net value of
$4,000. The Youthful stake was the
next onc to fan, and under 100
No lie InA ha N
On June ~, with 1870 up, he ran
away with tho Hudson stake, and
this event added 1850 to his list. The
fremont stake was captured in easy
fashion on July , with 130 up and
worth $1,000. Then he went to Sara
toga, where he met his first and only
defeat.
SOME OF HIS VICTORIES.
In his first start at the Spa he was
successful and won the United States
Hotel Stakes in a canter. and this
carried a net value Of $1,000. That
was on August >, and in his next cs-
say his colors were lowered when he
finished second TO Upset in the SAN
ford Memorial which was run on Au-
gust 13. He received about 81 .0CO for
being defeated.
The Grand Union Hotel stakes he
won In gallop and added $1,000 more
to his owners credit The $4,000
Hopeful Stake went to him in easy
fashion: this event was run on Au-
gust 30
His next start wss In the Tuturity
on september ~. and. az in all former
races. the S2G.G5O was easy money
Then he was retired for the year with
a grand total OF SNJ.12j net profit to
his credit.
So far this year he has started only
four times with four brackets around