Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-13
MAN o WAR IS
WINNER OVER SIR
BARTON At WINDSOR
Riddle Thoroughbred Wins Match
Race From Ross Horse ana
Sets Canadian Record.
BRINGS WINNINGS
TO S24o, POS

Windsor Ont. Oct 13.-Man o War
INST galloped one mile and quarter IN n
:, M and defeated Sir Barton eight fuli
Icngths or more in their special race over
- EoniIwortb Park track before crowd
,f ~ 0O0 here Yesterday, for purse OF
Sz5 0oo and $4,000 gold cup-the richest
go over won bv thoroughbred IN the
inng history Of the turf. which goes back to
tboso ancient days of HerTod, Machem
samuel d. Riddles wonder horse. the
Greatest of all time, jumped away from
S;r Rarton in the first sixteenth, opened up
u gap of two or three lengths as ne raccu
down through the human lane OF cheering
thousands. crossed over from his OUTSIDE
nosition at the start to the rall, ana there-
after lust moved along with easy, frictioh-
loss stride. Hummer, sitting like craven
image. simply held him together, except
for few strides rounding the lar turn'
when he let him down to open an ever
widening gap over the leg-weary son u
Star Shoot.
,,tbn,,cb Man O. War was only gallopine
10 oil anpearances, he carried or barton
tbc first f,,rlong in IL As seconds, and to
tbo c,,arter IN 80 S-5 seconds, covering %
ept with each devouring stride:
Tho fulI fractional times follow, and the
oronncss to saw nothing of the burning
,oce tells why Sir Barton was beaten OIL
~ * % as. 81 is. .46 2-5, .5S 20,
I11 2-5 I.37 SIS for the mile; LOO Is
and EOS.
= rp,r7NpHAI, MARCH FOR RIDDLE HORSE
As a competition it WAS no race Just
tr,1unhal march for the amazing three
y7par-old. which knows not defeat IN II
races this season, and whlcn mas "een
beaten only once over span OF two years
and then through no fault Or ms OWN.
'Aiil NJ, :, VA has the peculiar faculty OF
,,roy;d;nc a real thrill and Of raising the
,Iaa Leat whether or not he wins by q
pocl or Ten lengths His very way OF dong
tb;,re insnires admiration and stlrs emo
tonal impulses -
S;~ Rerton really great four-year-old
x.,th great deeds behind him. was as :
roInr,on horse Yesterday in comparison
Win his brilliant rival OF yesterday, but
wal no longer. He could not keep pace
r-;th Man o. War Yesterday afternoon
oyon Tor ono furlong. Three times IN tht
first Quarter he felt the stinglng cut OF the
MI, laid on bv Grant keogh, who was
substituted rs Jockey At the last moment
tnr Earle Sande. by Commander Ross, who
fol+ his own bow was out Of form anC
wanted no excuse for defeat
R,,t keogh could do no more thar
Sarda ar even a Tod Sloan, 10 help III:
mount beat a peer Of Thoroughbred ma
rbinerv The triumph was 50 convincing
~ astounding almost, that Sir Barton
vain and frlitless effort TO keep up reflected
the greater credit on this master-horse
The son OF Star Shoot looked and acteC
~ norfect condition. Commander Ros
and G1Iv Bedwell his trainer, had NJ
word of excuse to offer, but struggle anC
fqht IS he would 10 make race OF pro
cession. be could not reduce the ever
widening gap and fairly staggered Il
with tortured lung and almost BURSTING
heart-his doom scaled.
OVATION FOR NEW TURF KING
As Man O War galloned across tn
finish Inc. hard held, In 2.03 time that
while only a track record, represented !
worlds record over Belmont Park o
saratoga Springs, the crowd IN thuDderou
acclaim let loose an orgy OF noIse-a nols
which began with q ripple, as the tw'
horses paraded, and ended IN rotou
roar. "
In setting the final seal Of his establshe'
rlaco n the racing world, Man o Wa
added $4,000 10 his earnings and carre'
the grand total to S249, ,265, lar Deyon'
the S9o0 00O mark never before reaches
bv an American horse; far beyond Dom
80 bigh-water mark of Sl93.550 an,
oIose 10 the record winnings Of all tim
held bv IslngIass. that wonder OF tn
English turf, al S2SO,O75.
In point OF fact, ne now stands fourt
among the great money winners OF a
countries. with only IsInglass, Donova
and Rock sand the sire OF his dan
Mahuba above him.
The first three tickets sold IL ID
mutual machines, which opened at nool
- on Man o. War and paid five cent
for every dollar invested. be was at I
% =, tbe MACHINES. Towards the end Ii
IRON men showed that S225,OOO ha
boz Wagered on Man Q NaE 70 aoot
$500 OIL SIR Barton.