Evening star., 1951-01-09


ners Some didn't get to the at ALL But only
GradeA horsefesh that filled their And course,
Moor Howard owned the fabulous seabiscu Wright
had Citation and Whraway mention
But Riddle greatest pair of altman O. War
and War Admiral.
That the challenge to Howard Wright and Riddle
improvement of the breed They the backbone
racing along with the Belmonts Whitneys vanderb
and Col Bradley They put into racing than they
out except in the of enjoyment sight
ming thoroughbreds, flashing silks plates
were what they savored not the price the mutue board
SAMUEL RIDDLE WAS, like many other wealthy men,
person of strong convictions From 1926 plague
on Pmico Race Course because Handicapped loaded
pounds his 3yearold champion of 1926 Crusader
2-mle Pimlico Cup. The y Edith Cave under 93pound
feather Crusader embttered Riddle didn't
permit his coors to be shown again at Pmco 1887
War Admiral shipped from Louisville to add the
jewel to the Triple Crown.
The fact that Edith Cavel like Crusader Man War
offspring failed to salve Riddles ire finished with
Pimico he said and he made it stick for years. colt
argued, concede 81 pounds lly and win
over miles An honest grippe, perhaps
Riddle always will be remembered the O.
War point well covered in his obituaries August of
1918 he purchased ggy of Fair
by the imported Rock Sand for only earng already
named Man O. War; who to only two years
20 of 21 starts and become the
history.
Louis Feuse Riddles trainer those days and it was
under Feustel that Man War American
record sum- The only time Man O War beaten
2year-od when jittery starter practically left
the post and the apty named Upset strong
lenge in the Sanford Memorial Stakes
CAME NEXT IA CONSECUTIVE victories including one in
the Potomac Handicap Havre de Grace War
carried 1873 pounds and LAS beating
among Others Wdar at 108 the unplaced
Jones' winner of the Kentucky Derby that year 1920 1921
at the of 4, Man War to stud.
Riddle was in racing long before Man O. War; but it
Big Red who made the Riddle outside of strict
racing circles and whose ISSUE the yellow
sash and yellow bars before the public He outstanding
Man War before he died three years ago age @
His sons and daughters many and gifted
Flag Crusader War Hero War Glory . War Ad-
miral Clyde Van Dusen. Ironically Van died
day before RddleVan Dusen the that is the
trainer after whom the geldng of the 1929 Kentucky
Derby named. Another loss to racing
But gradually Man O. War began to have grandchildren,
and of these Seabsct retarded that required
of the last time Sam Riddle and Charley Howard
within a year. met up on horse VS.. horse basis.
1T WAS 1888 AT PINfICO and the hot were War
Admiral and seabiscu At least twice before they'd been
matchedonc in New York for 100000
purse-but each time the failed to materialize
The racing world had given up the match until
young Ally Vanderbilt heading Pmlco, persuaded Riddle
and Howard to match their steeds $5O00 Ally had
three things going for hinhis friendship
Howard.
Riddle and Howard bought the package even to the
extent OF posting $4,000 apiece fee billed
perhaps properly the greatest beat
Papyrus the English Derby winner at Belmont in 1923.
Riddles War Admiral the favore at something like
Biscuit by four lengths and in the 1868
for the mile and three -sixteenths.
In the intervening years Riddle receded into back
ground So did Howard for time and then along
just too late for his to witness greatest trumphs
But the racing world forget these men, nor their great
horses, for long time if ever.