New-York tribune., 1922-03-03

For this is the first living progeny OF
that super-horsc, Man o'Wsr, uni
Ncrsally doiizcd as the prototype Of the
American breeding industry. You see
an unusually clever miss, or what prom
ises TO develop into an unusually clever
miss. before you, The little lady
of the blue bloodcd equine royalty, as
she stood twcnty-four hours after be
ing born.
The stamp of the Que and only great
Man o War is upon her from ear tips
to hind hooks. What viii hit the es-
pert horscman first is tho legs. Such
legs one nigh. expect from weanilng
not from baby stranger within her
first twenty -four hours explorations of
tho vicissi'udes Of this vale Of tcars.
Whatever name the happy Samuel !.
Riddle may inhict on this princess Of
the turf she has started hcr career
blessed far above tho average foal. The
story would be told in the legs alcne
Strong straight and smooth they arc
without blemish capable Of carrying
twice the weight ordained to them No
where is apparent knock-knecs or
gristle twists that often mar the beauty
OF foals destined to the heights of
Thoroughbred greatness.
Great Lung Power Evident
But look again at the barrel Of her,
this princess royal Of the equine world
Leave calculation Cor the perspective at
which the photogra was taken Note
the long barrel: the long coupling. But
with it all the depth of chest, t6c
breadth If span between the forclegs
that gaTc her ilustrious sire lung
power TO laugh at time.
Inc head IS picture in itself. i
breathcs life. It brcathcs vitality. 1t
hrcathes intelligence All eyes and
legs is the way the portrait pops out
to the ken Of the layman Aside from
the markings cMan O. War has a white
forehead blaze and his daughter pro
nounced snip nose) the head Of Man
O War gazcs at you, even to the set
Of tho cars
An ilustrious sire not always fathers
children Of like kidney. Some Of our
most dcsplcablc scapegraccs have
brought down gray hairs in sorrow to
the grave. SO. also, in equine gene
alogy. For which reason this particu
lar hlly is the cynosurc Of all eyes in
terested in breeding, both here and
abroad
She is a handsome big bay tilly. this
daughter of Man O War, that favors
her sire in bone and conformation, and
indeed may favor him also, little
later on, in color. For none can dis
tinguish in the newborn any difference
between bay or chcstnut-or sorrel-
as we used to say back on the farm.
Doubtless in the mind OF Samuel
Riddle. the Philadelphia multi-million-
sire who owns both Man O. War and
his only living progeny, this little bit
OF blue blood thoroughbred horse fes sh
is worth ten times her weight in gold
For she holds in her wee body the
the blood Of Man o. War his equal or
even vet great supcr-horse may
evolve.
We have with US yet the wonderful
Norwich, unbeaten as a two-year-old
and as Juvenile pillng up far greater
winnings than even Man @ War was
able to do.
The Horse Without Blemsh
But Norwich, which will start in the
revered Kentucky Derby and in the
famed Preakness, ras still his tn rec
year-old campaign before him. Seldom
do super-two- arolds carry their
form through the three -ycar-old strife.
Man @ War, the horse without a blem-
ish, the thoroughbred that never had
pimple, the horse that never
coughed. was so great a three-year-
old that no rival outside of John P
GMer could even prompt him to any
thing faster than an exercise gallop.
And John 2. Grier, in the historic
mile and q turlong Dwycr Stakes Of
1920 at AQueduct, broke his own heart
for all time trying to achieve the i'm
possible.
The purest strain Of equine blood
from bolh sides-sire and dam--courses
through the veins Of this possible prod
ICY so lately come. 1t is like to wash
out the sins and shortcomings of Man
O. Wars younger brothers. Playfellow,
So recently discredited in Harry F.
Sinclair's suit against James F. John
son, Of the Quincy Stable. and My Play,
tho greatest two-year- disappoint-
ment of the 1921 season.
None need go behind Man o Wars
breeding. He is by Major August Bel
monts Fair Play, out Of Mahuba, on
this side combining the best blood Of
the American turf Masquerade, The
dam os the fi!ly pictured above. is by
Disguise out of imported Splendor
and traces back to Domino, for thirty
years the largest money winner on the
Anne r1can turf.