Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-07-11
NAN O. WAR AGAIN MAY
Be seen IN ACTION
'ouis Fcustal, Who Prepared Horse
Tor Races, Wants Him Back
III Old Quarters.
OTHERS HAVE DONE TT
abundant Examples T. ist OF
Epuircs Coming Back Races
After Year or Two in Stud.

j After Year or Two in Stud.
In spite of IA denial two months ago
HN inc owners or Man o War. rumors
persist that there is a good chance
Ii inc public having another view If
II his great horse In action before the
II osc Ot the present. racing sr.,ou.
.ou.s Feustcl. vino prepared Man o.
IfNar for all - his races. wants him
'hrk In his old prlrtors. ANA there
Is'c others With influence In III" coUm-
III" els OF tho Glen Riddle stable just
eager as the trainer to sec the
lg champion sport the black and
orange cplVrs of the contcderacy
s'ncc more in race.
II Iherc are abundant examples Of
'"r""s coming back To the rar"S,uftcr
| year 90. TWO in the stud ana ,nak-
~; good. PONTIAC ala it. and 80 did
II 'fden. The latter horse winning two
IAccs ia one afternoon AT Shccpshead
8'hE. |: WAS on September 2. 1901.
nat his astut" owin.r, the late WI
am Lax eiund asked the Brown
Il i"rsc FOR this test. When ogden won
i h" second race At six furiouGH with
i 80 pounds up and ulpt.d by O'Con-
or In l.l3 Id many persons dre -
Il h"ir pencils Though the horses
'tlH': III ll't !dAl rae, " " n N,bN AT
8nile ana "A sixteenth over tho grass
i curse ana for which the lmpust WAS
20 pounds. They didn't know Lake
Sand, who was "a .ockcy in the days
8)f heat racing. and VINO made a close
Hitudy OF the capu billticS OF the horses
IN mis- charge. ogden came out for
The sixth event as fresh as daisy
and won more handlly than on his
5nrcvious effort.
RnrinS QUANTITIES. Not Impaired.
That the racing qualities Of the
tu'urity winner 81 1885 we're not i'm
paired ~ has breeding campaigns
H"as proven thcn and there. and that
rdC.ng did not ron him ot his viz
Il Ity WAS manifested on his return 20
\ hc breeding ranks. ~ his progeny
Hwds numerous and prominent, IN
4 Hd.nI som. OF our besi performers
Hnu'any The Finn.
u There are uufnbcrlcss example, in
he ranks OF the urotting horses 81
I tnli"ns after Il much longer cam
Hiaigu than that OF Man % War rae
Hns WIKI distraction. ana in many in
I4ftunccs lowering thor records year
Il 'ttcr year. There Is no hpprccIab.s
u trerrnce between the thoroughbred
4 md standatd bred types TO-DAY though
Their. is no denying the fact that as
result Of d,ncrcnt methods OF rae
ms the trottcr being compelled II
win his laUrcls ia Il series OF heats.
bile the thoroughbred ~ tested in
.rElc dashcs oi varying distances.
iho standard bred has developed an
.maaju. lung power ana possesses
4 t4slug qualities which breeders ia
j p Thoroughbred ranks cannot hop.
equal until there Is return to
il distance races OF i former and
a'icI states.
Desire To RETURN Ia Tests.
/ II ~ 70 the credit OF our racing
4 .thurlttcs that there is "a desire -
,uIn To tn" tests which brought in
r.ay the powers FOR which tho
tnr Shbrcd has been Wanted for
n moro than 30 years. II the breeders
II tho country are not blind 10 their
II Hn interests. they viii cooperate IN
Hy way IN the furthcrauce Of this
Il ".lcy, FOR IL is only by such trials
II tho Belmont. Lawrence KeaIi2a-
H pu. Miller and Travcrs Stakes. the
aching Club American oaks ana
h@ saratoga cup that the breed can
H., Improved.
There would appear to be no good
8r'ason why Man o War should no,
core come back. 1t is n stable Sc.
Il
NJ has $4,000 racc with Sir Barton
D. windsor last fan hut tim. ought
n 10 AANc made him as SOUND ns ever
III mat the injured leg allied a trInn
Mo night of the race was known to
II 'Ss than half Il dozen persons The
HN"h!'worth course Is not az smooth
Has our Eastern tracks, and Man o.
h War Is longer stridcr than any
|shorsc tho American turf has known
80.
H. the last Twenty-Five years. taking
|stwcnty-hvc feet ct each OF those
Irreyhound-i!kc bounds OF his. which
Hearty him over the ground 50 smooth
HI that his superb body appears TO he
III suspended in midair lie ran as
usual without baudages. and il is
III remarkable under the circumstances
that he did not DO himself more Sc
II rious injury
Nj There is one tcst that Man o. War
1should have. if he is put into train
ing again. ana that Is the mile record
|Easlinst time. now held by Roamcr
Louis Fcustcl Is confident that Man
10 War, carrying 10 pounds. as saliva.
* tor and Roamcr did. when they made
|E their records OF :35 ID and IA 4-5
n respectively. can place the mark at
q l32 over Belmont Park. At the same
h time he would have an opportunity
L Il
n mile from which he was deprived rDy
n Audacious recently. OF course Man
Il o Wars mile rs threc-ycar old.
n with the same weight in the saddle as
4 AudaCious carried as IA four ear-o old.
Will always be- reckoncd the better
n performance. When Man o War won
n the Withers in 1885 4-5 he was gal
Looping all through the last furlong.
1 while Audacious was straight when
he scored in 1875 3-5. Should the big
i fellow he put into training by the end
OF this month he would be ready for
any test in tho autumn. Those who
have seen him in the stud say that he
1 has not become gross and ii this is
\ true the task OF preparation would he
all the easier.
AS Playfcllow, the 3-year- old
! brother TO Man o. War. is coming
| into the public eye and bidding fair
/ to rival the best of the thorough
n hrcds OF 1921, what would he more
II interesting than race between the
III famous brothers at Il mile and
m quarter, or over the cup route Of
IN one mile and three-ulIor Tboupb