Evening star., 1942-03-15
Big Red, Pressing Is,
Always al Home
To Turf Fans
During Summer Average
Of 100 Admirers q Day
See Him at Foruwuy
BY ]. r. ANDERSON.


LEXINGTON, KY, March IA
They still beat a path to modest
establishment in the blue grass, not
to the door Of the colonel who fash
ioned a better mint julip. but to see
the equine pride of Kentucky-Man
O. War.
If you've forgotten. Man O. War
is rated as probably the greatest
race horse ever produced in Ameri-
ca and ranks as one of the top
notch sires of racing stock.
And Big Red, despite a slight old
age sag in his back. still looks and
acts the part of monarch of the
thoroughbred world as he nears his
25th birthday" on March 90
tAlthough January l is the uni
versal age-change date for all
thoroughbreds Man O. Wars foaling
date is observed on the exact dateD
100000 Have Visited Horse.
Approximately 100000 folk from
all walks of life and from all parts
of the globe have come to Samuel
D. Riddles FaraWay Farm, 8 miles
north of here, to gaze with admira-
ton on the glamour animal of the
century.
Harrie B. Scott, manager of the
farm, said an average of $4,000 per-
sons visit Man O War yearly and
pointed to a stack of registration
books crammed with signatures of
visitors. A day rarely passes with
out visitors, Scott added. and cited
that on last February 6. cold day,
36 names were registered. During
the summer. it's considered almost
an "off day" if fewer than 100 visitors
register.
Visiting hours at Faraway are
from 7:30 am. to pm. There is
nothing commercial about the farm;
nothing is offered for sale or given
away. There is always somebody on
hand to answer questions, but that
is all.
Legion Post Named After Him.
Kentucky-LeXingto in particu-
lar-is proud of its thoroughbreds,
Man O War in particular On his
2lst birthday the mayor made
him a distinguished and honorary
citizen of Lexington, and the
American Legion post here is named
for Man O. War instead of fallen
hero.
No story of Man o. War is COM
plete without mentioning his Negro
groom for II yeGrs-big, slow-mov-
ing Will Harbut.
He is sort of ma ajor-domo of the
stable and looks after Red" as he
calls Man O. War. like a hen does
her chicks. He doesn't give out
with c spiel about his charge, but
by careful prodding he can get
warmed up on his favorite subject
and recites names, dates and fig
ures until YOU can get, if you stay
long enough, a fairly complete ac-
count Of this remarkable horse.
worlds Biggest Job"
"YaS suh,' Will will draWl. "heahs
the gret'es' hess in the Wuld" and
he points with a prideful gesture
that would do credit to any poll
tician to the big chestnut coated
fellow in one of the corner stalls
Of the roomy four stall barn.
This is the bigges' hoss mot in
size, in the wuld and Use got the
bigges' job in the wuld." Will tells
visitors. sometimes adding, I'd
rutha have this job than be
presiden'."
Neither Owner Riddle nor Scott
use such superlatives about Man O.
War, but they are no less proud of
him. Riddle, it is said, considers
Red almost a member of his
family
The mental picture of the affec-
ton Will holds for the horse and
the noble bearing of the animal
himself, is one most visitors remem-
her for long time after a visit to
FaraWay.