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tlio contu-
ry? This I-, (ht topic of topics wherever lovers
of the thoroughbred nnil racing enthusiasts
Bather. The eastern race-going public hns gone
simply crazy over this H-yonr-old chestnut colt
hy Fair Play-Mnliubah, hy Kock Sand, broil by
MnJ. Aiieust Belmont, owned by Samuel I). Itldille
of Philadelphia, trained by Louis Foustol, ridden
bv Joekev Clarence Hummer, and raced In the
tiame of the Glen ItSldle farm. Ills appearance packs the
track to capacity. Crowds mill around tho puddock to got
"close-up" of him. Tho thousands of hor.se-lovers can't het
on him bis odds are prohibitive. They Just want to see him.
And the applause he gets well. It's past all do
wrlblng. There's only one trouble ho practically
phi res out all competitors. But to make amends
lie urually breaks a record.
Hvon veteran professional tttrf writers penult
themselves to speak of Man o' War as the "un
disputed champion of the American turf," "cham
pion of champion among thoroughbreds past and
present," and so on. Some of them Bet almost
hysterical. Mere's tho New York Tribune, for In
stance, on Man o' War's performance In the Dwyer
Ktnkcs at Aqueduct:
"Man o' War, tho handsome Il-ycnr-oltl chestnut
roll of Samuel D. Kiddle, which earlier this sea
sdh had established himself as the greatest thor
oughbred of the a bo, proved himself the horse of
oternlty at Aqueduct yesterday afternoon. One
stops, awestruck, In contemplation of this, Ood's
noblest handiwork In horseflesh. Words are In
adequate to describe him. The groat colt, tho
perfect how, the Irrepressible son of Fair 11 ay,
ugiln did what no other hot-tie of history eer
liuil done: he rnn a mile and a furlong In 1 :40 1-5."
Man o War Is a great horse. Wow, to discuss
n thlnp Intelligently It must be defined. So, whnt
Is a groat horse? Well, a groat horse, like a gen
tlcmnn, Is hard to detlne. Rut It Is axiomatic
that a groat horso must have certain qualities.
!o iiiust have speed. He mut have courage. lie
must be nble to carry weight, lie must bo able
to bo dlstnnce. Ho must have the Intelligence
to play the gnmo. He must be consistent In per
formance. He must ho willing to do his best.
(Other desirable qualities are a Bood disposition, an
equnblo tomponiment, a rugged constitution and
n sound body. And above all he must have that
Indefinable something called class that something
which enables the stake horse to hook up with
.tho plater In the stretch, look him In the eye and
,l?o on to win.
It would seem too much to expect of horseflesh
that any one Individual should have all these quail
(ties. Nevertheless, Man o' War nppaiently hns
jthem all." Anyway, hero are some of the exact
facts about this sensation of the racing season
sf 15)20:
Man o' War Is an aristocrat of aristocrats. Here,
la brief, are hlf immediate family connections:
Fnlrv (laid, by Bond Or Dame Mnshuiii, by (Sal
Hard, was foaled in 1W0 in Knglnnd. MaJ. Au
gust Belmont bought her In 10O.'i for ?lv.('(X) at the
iMeCulmnnt stud dispersal sale, sent her to IiIh
Nursery stud In Kentucky" and mated her with
Hustings, From thN union In 1005 camo Fair
(Play, the rival of the phenomenal unbeaten Colin
tin 1007 and 100S. When Colin broke down in the
Tidal of BIOS, Fair Play wont on ro win the Law
,Tnce KonllziUlon, Coney Island, Jerome, First
'Special and Municipal, giving ten pounds to such
fhroses as King .lames. Frank dill and Hessian.
i.Falr Play was a great nicer. He Is great sire, In
that he has ni educed In Man ' War a lior&o
.in outer Hum himself.
Fairy Cold, In HM, gave to the turf Friar Kock,
'liy Kock Sand, who in r." won nun him ...."...,..
V ..I.I ..OWIH ''.I'.HI t Hill lltlU
uud Suhurlinn-
-somethlng no other ti-ycur-old has
over done. .1. K. Madden hought him for $.".0,000
and retired him to the stud. .1. II. Kossotor. the
California sportsman and breeder, bought Friar
Hook and some mares and their foals for $100,000.
One of these foals, Inchcape, hailed as a second
Mnn i' War. uns bought the other day by S. C.
Hlldroth for $150,000. Mr. Itosseter let Inchcape
go because he thinks some of the others or this
first crop of Friar Kock joungstors are better still,
hut ho refused Hlldrelh's offer of $250,000 for
Friar Kock.
Mr. Kiddle bought Man o' War on a bid of $5,000
at the Ilolmnnt yearling sale of 1018 at Ruratoga,
at which three other colts brought upward of
$1.1,000 each.
As a 2-year-old Man o' War ran nlno races and
won them all except tho Sanford Memorial at
Saratoga. In that stnko ,T. Loftus got him practl
ally left at the post and ho wns beaten a neck
hy II. P. Whitney's Upset In 1:11 1-5. At the next
meeting Man o' War boat Upset like breaking
sticks. Incidentally, J. Loftus could get no license
to ride this year.
Up to July 10 Man o War had run five races
this year and had won them all the Preakuess,
Withers. Stuyvesunt, Kelmont and Dwyer.
As a 2-, ear-old he won $R.'),.'25. Ills victory In
the Dwyer brought his 1020 winnings to $41475.
and made him the leading monev-wlnnlng horse
of the year. Wore his owner n stake-hog Instead
of a sportsman, ho could doubtless havo won tho
rich Kentucky and Latonla derbies with tho cult.
Man o War as a 2-year-old mot and defeated
tho best of his age, Including Upset, Golden
Itrnom, Wares, King Thrush, Cleopatra, Domin
ique and John P. Grler. The racing world rec
ognized his quality nnd asked: "Will he go on as
a H-yoar-old?" Man n' War answered tho question
hy winning the Preakno.-s at Plmllco Inst spring
from Upset. Wlldalr nnd King Thrush in 1 :51 .1-5
for the mile and an eighth with 120 pounds up.
The champion's next appearance was In the his
toric Withers at Kelmont Mn 20. Ho won from
Wlldalr end David Ilarum, running the mile In
1 :H5 -1-5 w'th IIS pounds up. This Is a new Amer
ican recoid, the fastest mile In actual rue In;;, The
record displaced was that of 1 :'.'M 1-5, held Jointly
by Sun Hrlar and Fairy Wand. Yet Man o' War
was only galloping; he was hard held and was
let down. only for an eighth.
In the Itelumnt Man n' War, with 1211 pounds up,
ran the mile and three-eighths In 2:14 1-5, a new
Ameihan record, displacing that of Sir llarton's
2:17 2 5 In 101!). It Is alo a worl 1 record. Dean
Swift ran the distance In 100S In 2:1(1 2-5 at I.Ivor
pool, Kng'and. Jockey Hummer sat still, neither
restraining nor urging his horso. Man o' War
r.u i to suit himself and wanted to go on at thu
llnMi, The course Is like tho letter S and partly
it Is (ruining track.
Man o' Ward "it'o In the Dwyer nt Aqueduct
vus a still greater performance. Here lie scared
out all of the 01 nominations except one. That
one wan John P. Grlo.r, the best of tho great II. l
Whitney string of high-class ,'5-year-olds. Man o'
War carried 120 pounds and John P. (Srlcr 103.
The shrewdest handlcappers gavo John P. Grler
an undeniable chance nnd reckoned on a thrilling
race. They got It. The two horses ran neck and
neck to the last sixteenth. Here they went to the
whip. John P. Grler cracked nnd Man o' War
went on to win, ridden out, by a length nnd
n half.
Tho time, 1 :49 1-5, Is a now world record. The
previous American was ono-llfth of a second slow
er nnd was held Jointly by Korrow nnd Hoots.
Krown Prince ran (he distance In Hngland In 1017
In 1 :50 2-5 with 105 pounds up. The best Austra
lian time Is 1 :52. Mnn o' War ran the quarter In
2.'l 2-5, the half In 40. tho three-quarters In 1 :00 2-5,
nnd tho mile In 1 :U5 3-5. So the horso ran faster
than the records nil (ho way around. Donna's
half-mile In 40 1-5 nt I.os Angeles has stood since
1001). Ai (fid's three-quarters over tho straight
course at Morris Park In 1 :00 .1-5 hns stood since
1001. The mile In 1 :!15 -5 was one-fifth second
faster than Man o War's new reford In tho
Withers.
Man o' War Is watched day and' night. His
personal caretaker Is Frank Loftus. CHvo Gor
don rides him In his work. Ills stable name Is
lied. He hasn't a mean hair on him. lie has a
tremendous appetite, sleeps llko a tired boy and
apparently has no nerves. The cheering crowds
do not eclte him. A race like the Dwyer does
not upset him In tho least. He Is perfectly sound,
has never been cut or bruised In n race and hns
never even sneezed since Mr. Kiddle got him. And
he'd rather run than eat. Those who know his
work say he can break nnv record he goes after.
Man ' War seems to enjoy tho parade and the
applause nnd nets his prettiest. He Is well-be.
haved at the post. Ho Is a quick breaker. He
runs with full enjoyment of the race. He travels,
so smoothly and with so little friction that experts
pronounce his action perfection.
Clarence Hummer rode Mnn o' War In nil his
races this year. Two days after tho running of thr
Dwor, Hammer's mount, Costly Colors, fell and
the Jockey got a had fall, which sent htm to the
hospital. U wns sui,d later hy Mr. Kiddle that
Kummor would bo In shape to ride Man o' War
In Ills fall engagements. ,
Man o' War Is not for salo nt any price. Mr.
Kiddle was offered $200,000 before the champion
rnced (his jear; (ho latest offer made public was
82(50.000 by Joseph L. Murphy of Philadelphia.
Mr. Kiddie plnns to havo Man o War carry the
black and yellow silks for two years moro and
then put hint nt (he head of tho stud ho is
forming.
"Mnn o' War will never be permitted to leave
(his count ry," declares his proud owner. "He he
longs to the pooplo of the United States, who love
a good horse, quite as much us ho does to me
I regard myself merely as a custodlnn, having bin
In (rust for (he benefit of tho American thorough
bred of tho future."
(Copy for Tills Department Supplied by
the American legion Nowti Horleo.)
WORLD TO BE REPRESENTED
Delegate Will Be Present nt Cleve
land ConvirtMon, September 27-29,
From All Countries.
All roads will lend to Cle eland so
far as tho Amerwiau Legion Is con
cerned when tho second national con
vention opens In that city on Septem
ber 27 to run for three days. Fifty
thousand legionnaires, It Is expected,
will be present to march In tin gieat
opening parade, which will be headed
by a battalion of 10 tanks.
Cleveland, lb g.ila nltlre, will opeu
her arms to the Incoming dermis,
and not only will the downtown ills
trlct bo decorated but all outlying sec
tions as well will ho arrayed with
Hags and hunting, and triumphal nich
es will he erected at the Intersections
of Important streets.
Already the housing committee Is
busily engaged In planning for the ac
commodation of the legionnaires.
Moonlight steamer rides on Lake Mrle,
shows, boxing bouts, outdoor "movies,"
dances and celebrations at the amuse
ment parks are being planned by the
committee on entertainment. Trips
ncross the liikt' to Canada also are on
tho program.
The legionnaires lire coming to the
couveutlon city from all over the
world. From Yukon, In distant Alas
ka, a request has been sent for reser
vations and Ibe post of the Legion In
Paris has notified the committee that
It will send a delegation across the At
lantic to attend. One post In Detroit
Is planning to charter a special boat
upon which Its 1,000 representatives
will live during the convention. Del
egates will nlso be present from Hn
wall, the Philippines, Porto Klco and
fiie Canal Koue, while representatives
s
C. C. CHAMBERS.
Chairman of General Committee for
the American Legion Convention in
Cleveland, September 27-29.
will come from the veterans' organiza
tions of England, Cunada and llel
Slum. "It will be the first real convention
of the Legion," said C. G. Chambers,
head of the couveutlon committee and
himself an ardent Legion worker. "It
will crysUJllz t:u alms and the use
fulness of the organization for men
who nre In the Legion or who, us for
mer service men. are fast coming Into
the Legion. The American Legion
does not stnr d for one thing; It stands
for many, nnd once headed In the right
direction as this big gathering will
head us, we wijl take our place as the
one big body which serves ex-service
men, and through them serves our
country in every way that Is substan
tial, progressive nnd constructive."
Kvery opportunity will bo provided
nt the convention for reunions1 of di
visions and units where men who have
not seen eacli other since demobiliza
tion, will once more got together in
comradeship. In this way the associ
ation of memories Is counted on to
still further cement the service men
together In one big, forward-looking
American body.
Tho convention Is summoned, ac
cording to the call Issued from nation
al headqunrters, for the purpose of
electing olllcers for the ensuing year,
amending tho national constitution nnd
transacting any other business that
may be brought before It.
Moro than :i,500 delegates nnd alter
nates nre being selected to attend tho
convention. Kepresentntlon In the
gathering will bo by stnte departments,
each department being entitled to five
delegates and one uddltloiial delegate
for each one thousand members.
Pointed Out the Moral.
An American post In Pennsylvania
recently conducted a discussion m
"What the War Did For Me." ICucli
member was called on to say In what
way the war had Inlliienceii his life,
for butter or for worse. Many spoko
of the conlllct as a sort of dlto box
that bud shaken them out of old ruts.
A local newspaper made the Incident
the basis of an editorial pointing the
moral that all men who nre bogged
In ruts should "(lro themselves prompt
ly und strike out on a new road."
CARE FOR WOUNDED BUDDIES
Natlon-Wlde Movement to Aid and
Cheer Thousands of Wounded
Men Now In Hospitals.
A mil Ion-wide movement to care for
tho 17,000 ox-servleo men who uro now
in hospitals suffering from disabilities
incurred hi the service, has been
launched by tho American Legion
through lis Americanism commission.
Kiilletlns have been Issued to stuto
chalrmnii unking them to organize lo
cal Legion post committees to cooper
ate with the hospitals for the enter
tainment of the men In the wards, and
for their cure after discharge.
Kfforls will ho made to provide vis
itors for those men who nre conllned
to hospitals to mitigate the loneliness
of their enforced Inactivity, and In
this part of tho program the Women's
Auxiliary Is expected to bo of particu
lar value.
To men who nre discharged Individ
ual assistance will be given by mem
bers of lh( local Legion post In secur
ing wotk und In straightening out any
dllllciiltles that may arise In tho mat
ter of compensation. Insurance and so
on. A system of Interstate co-openi-Hon
will provide for every man who
leaves a hospital In one state, a wel
come In the state for which lie Is
hound.
"If there Is any one thing that nil
members of the Legion aie agreed on
more than anything else, It Is that
wounded men should be generously
taken care of," declared Arthur
Woods, chairman of thu Americanism
commission. "It Is the personal con
tact with thu man that counts. Wo
must show him that we nre genuluo
friends. And certainly, no mun ever
needs a shove upward moro than a
discharged, disabled service man wh
has to make up to much lost time ud
der such tremendous handicaps. I
know you will agree that this Is a
challenge to service on our part which
we, of the Legion, will not Ignore."
WAR ENDED KENTUCKY FEUDS
Youths and Mountaineer Parents Whc
Were Estranged, Brought Togeth
er at County Reunion.
The war lias brought pence to tho
embattled mountaineers of (he famous
feudist counties of Garrard nnd Lin
coln in Kentucky. For more than a
generation these neighboring but not
neighborly counties were estranged
tho Inhabitants of one being sworn en
emies of the natives of the other nnd
many were tho brushes between them,
which, though not bloodless altogeth
er, happily produced no fatalities.
Then came the war nnd the youth
of Gnrrard and Lincoln, counties
marched off together. They went
overseas together nnd fought the
Ilochc together, sharing together tho
dangers, discomforts- and great mo
ments of battle. The sea stood be
tween them and the old quarrel at
home. Little by little tho ancient
grudge faded nway until tho boys from
Lincoln and the boys from Garrard
were nctunlly fraternizing in the rest
billots back of the line.
Thoy came home together. For the
moment they had hnd enough fighting.
They could see no point In keeping
alive the tradltlonnl qunrrel between
their respective counties. So, recent
ly officers of the Amerlcun Lcgloa
posts of Stnnford, county sent of Lin
coln county and Lancaster, county
seat of Garrard county, got together
and agreed upon a grand reunion and
"peaco" celebration of the residents
of both counties. The affair was held
under tho auspices of the Legion and
old feudists whose sons shared tho
same shell hole together In France,
shook hnnds for the first time in their
lives and called It quits.
VETERAN OF TWO GREAT WARS
Adolph Lowe of Lansdale, Pa., Par
ticipated In Both the Civil and
World Conflicts.
With tho wnr between North nnd
South In which he fought more than
50 years behind him, Adolph L. Lowe
of Lnnsdale, Pa., In 1017 again en
tered the sorvico of his country In
the wnr with Germany and today at
seventy-nine Is one of the most re
markable members of the American
Legion. His nge, nnturnlly enough,
debarred him from going to son three
yours ngo with tho Minvy, which he
Joined ns n carpenter's mnte nnd ho
was assigned to the base nt Cherry
stone Island, Va., nnd later to the Nor
folk nnvy aviation center, the Ports
mouth naval hospital nnd the Vir
ginia Bench ride range.
Although he was denied son service
In tho World wnr, Mr. Lowe saw
enough action to lust most men tho
res't of their lives during the Civil
wnr. He took part In tho bombard
ment of Fort Sumter nnd saw the
Merrlmac ablaze. Later in (ho block
ado of Charleston nnd In naval oa
gugements along tho coast ho went
through hard and severe, lighting.
Mr. Lowe says that the sea stories
of Fonlniore Cooper first brought to
him the desire to follow the sea for
u career. In 1850 ho shipped for
South America nnd the following your
In Kin de Janeiro he swam n mile to
tho shore to sign ns a midshipman on
tlie V. S. sloop of war Seminole.
The Youngest Auxiliary Member.
Foundthe youngest charter mem
ber of the Women's Auxiliary of tho
America n Legion. Sho is Helono
Young, the eleven-montbs-old daughter
of Mr. and Mis. II. G. Young of Will
man, Minn,, and wns taken In by tho
auxiliary of the Austin 10. llunseom
Post.