Evening star., 1947-11-02
Man o. War
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At that, Man O. War forced Upset
to travel the three-quarters in 1:l1b
faster time than the super-horse
ever recorded in winning at the same
distance.
Man O. War was born at August
Belmont's Nursery Stud, near Lex
ington, in 1917. His sire, Fair Play,
had reputation but his dam, Ma
hubah, was Just an ordinary per-
former, winning only one race and
S70O. Belmont consigned the we'll
built offspring of the pair to the
Saratoga yearling sales where Riddle
was the successful bidder.
/ AS a 2-year-old. Man o War won
9 of his 10 starts, including the
Hopeful at Saratoga and, the Bel
mont Futurity. The latter two
stakes had no such, value as they
gained later, with the result his
earnings totaled only $83 1926.
It was as a 3-year-old that he
made his greatest reputation. He
won the Preakness, Withers, Bel
mont, Stuyvesant Handicap, Dwyer,
Miller, Travers, Lawrence Realiza-
tion, Jockey Club Stakes and Poto-
mac Handicap and whipped Sir Bar
ton, a 4-year-old, In memorable
match race at Kenilworth, Canada,
for a purse of 100000. His 3-year-
old earnings amounted to $166,140.
Sets Five Records.
Records fell before his flying feet
in five Of his 3-year-old starts. He
was clocked in 1855 for the
Withers mile, stepped the 11s miles
of the Dwyer in 1:4sHs:; covered the
1as miles of the Belmont in 2:14h:
lowered the IA mile mark to 2:2845
in the Jockey Club Stakes, and
reeled off the. 13a miles of the Law
renee Realization in 2:4045.
Aside from the race in which he
was defeated Man O. War really
was pushed only once and that was
by John P. Grier in the Dwyer at
Aqueduct. Until the last so yards
Of the mile and an eighth, the pair
raced on almost even terms. John
P. Grier stuck his nose In front an
eighth of a mile from home but
Jockey Clarence Hummer went to
the whip for one of the few times
he found 1t necessary, and the big
red horse pulled away to win by
nearly two lengths.
Sir Barton, winner of the 1919
Kentucky Derby, figured to give his
younger rival a severe test in the
1A-mile duel at Kenilworth, but
Man O. War, never left the issue In
doubt. He jumped into the lead
soon after the start and was breez-
ing at the finish 7 lengths ahead.
That was the great colts last race.
Riddle received offers of many rich
purses, including several from
abroad, but elected to retire him.
After Man O. War paid 4 to S to
win In the 1920 Preakness, he was a
prohibitive favorite in all his races,
and there was little or not betting
when he was listed to run.
The shortest odds offered against
him were to 100, the quota
tions in the Belmont Stakes. It was
said he nearly broke the pari-mu-
tuel machines in the Sir Barton
race, when he paid S220 for So, the
shortest odds possible under the
Canadian racing laws. Thousands
of dollars poured into the machines,
actually making the odds shorter
than they showed in the payoff.
His Get Highly Successful.
Man O. Wars get earned in the
neighborhood of $3,250,O00, and a
number of them crossed more than
100000 each. He sired foals by 1856
mares. His last stakes winner was
Fairy Manhurst out of Star Fairy,
foaled in 1910. An internal hemor-
rhage in 1912 led to the big fellow
being retired from the stud.
Probably the greatest of his off
spring was War Admiral, who won
$273,24 Crusader won $2O3,261.
Then there were Mars, winner of
$128,786; Clyde Van Dusen, victor in
the 1929 Kentucky Derby and win
ner of $122,112; Bateau, Scapa Flow,
Genie, American Flag, Edith cavell,
Florence Nightingale and Maid At
Arms.
= Many racing fan has won or
lost bet over whether or not Man
O'War ever won the Kentucky
Derby. He did not-probably be-
cause ne wasn't even entered.
AS a matter of fact, he never
raced on q track ia his home State.