South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-01-16

Tie Homo Port Of "a
By Joseph H. Appellate

THERE'S yearning IN the breast Of most
men, which, it seems, must have kindred in
the lower animal life, 20 retire What money
Recumulsting merchant, famous lawyer, great
statesman does not wish for the day when he
may arise In the morning without the lash OF
duty whipping him 70 occupation? What man
does not envy the old dog which, before the
cracking hearth fire, stretches itself contentedy
with no thought Il the prancing and cavortnG
Of puppyhOod1 Who does not feel pity for the
dray horse, YEARLY pulling its overload, head
dropping, hoofs dragging, doomed 20 servitudo
between shafts without day Of pasture and
freedom before It's day is done? This desire to
quit, sometime 20 gain BIT Of respite before tns
last and Anal rest, inherent. Only Few
Of man or beast favored. Man o War IS one
of them--of the latter kind.
Man o. War, declared by some experts to be the
greatest 2-yeRr-old Of all recorded race horses,
conceded by all experts 20 be the peer Of all. Is
IN his homo port. With his honors full upon
him. with his name the tongue Of every devotee
Of the race track the great son of Fair Play has
been retired 70 the stable ut Glen Riddle, Pa, an
unbeaten champion. He need do nothing else as
long he lives except enjoy equine life. Danger
OF breaking leg in race Of death by poison
~ the hands Of INSCRIPTIONS sport, OF dis
abement during transportation, have been re-
moved from his life That his posterity may
have the strain Of his rich blood the great racer
has been withdrawn forever. He quits the game
with three world records 10 his credit and the re-
mRrkRble career accomplished of having won 20
cut Of 21 races with total earnings Of 1924 ,465.
AS a money horse he is second only TO Sysonsby.
which attained a high mark that may stand for
many years TO come; as prize winner ne trails
only Colin, the unconqUerable horse that never
lost race.
His Famous FOrebears
But in point Of ancestry, Man O. War, perhaps,
is first. No freak of nature is the class of this
animal. For, in his veins, flows pedigreed blood
OF two and one-half centuries, expert having
traced il back 10 Places White Turk, horse
owned by the studmaster of Oliver Cromwell
The maternal progenitor, as far back as records
go, seems 70 have been Mr.. Layton's Barbary
mare, Violet, kin Of Dodsworth, a horse of the
stable Of Charles IL, Conductor, 1867, is the pa
ternal ancestor Of Oldest record.
Thus. it would appear, Man o War came from
pure Arabian stock, the Violet probably
having been named after It's birthplace. He was
born in 1917 son Of Mahubah and Fair Play. His
chestnut coat follows that Of his father, his
mother being a bay. AS yearling he sold
70 Samuel ID. Riddle of Glen Riddle, Pa, for
$4,000. Recently Mr.. Riddle refused an offer Of
900 for the 2-year-Old, made by Montford
Jones, an Oklahoma oil magnate Also, his owner
turned down bids from Canadian racing associA-
lions Offering TO put up unprecedented purses fox
match race. Effort of wealthy English
horse owners 90 secure the noble animal for
breeding purposes was alike unsuccessful. Mr..
Riddle said that Man o War is American and
will remain one. America may well be proud Of