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Show GREATEST HORSE IN WORLD FLETCHER1ZES HIS FOOD LIVES LIKE k KING CARED FOR LIKE A EASY By LORRY A. JACOBS N. E A. Staff Correspondent. NEW YORK July 14. Man o' War ! the greeted racehorse that ovo I graced a race track. Is a typical New Yorker That is to tay, lie eats t6( fast So, in order to break him fron; such a bad habit, his trainer, Lou;; Fettatel, conceived ;i.c idea of iiir.kiuje hlm rat with n Mi in his mouth ar..J putting chopped hay with his oats with the result I ha I Han 0 Wat I Fletcher izea In a very improver 'ashion. M! i-f which leads up to the fan that Man o! VNai is carod for like n kinr Man O" War is trained by Loui Feustel, one of (he greatest of Hk younger school, of hors- trainers HI? personal enretnker Is Fren't LoftUB on- of the famous LoftUB family, and Clive Gordon Is on ihe back of i he Riddle animal during ihe workouts or the track Practically all of the time of each is put in wiih ihe famous horse. AN EARLY BREK" The, Babe Ruth of the racetrai k h?s his nirsl meal somewhat Earlier th.'in you or I at 3.30 In the meriting and he ceis two and one-half Quarts of clipped oats, i lived with chipped hav Then he is allowed to shooKe until 7; 3n. Hi.1- h -in gf s are then removed hi body maBMged wi'h a hair bnish, the kink? t;:kn nut of hlf mane and his face and lios'tTlla washed. MORNIN.G SPIN At S:3u he gocs'oin for hffl morning Spin. Tliree lime? a weelc he is mere-lv mere-lv allowed lo canter, but on ihe oiher three he i!-. given a real workout al pood puces Then conies the rubdown of alcoltol, arnica and witch haze! His - - Being the greatest horse i the whole world certainly has Its rctpcnslbil.tles. The blue-blooded turf star livec like a prima donna of U;c stage. His eyes are as bnlliont. as Ihe stars in a mio'n.Qht cky and his sk'ii like the velvety sain of a rac;. Samuel D. Rddle of Glen Piddle, Pa., lo the owner of the great three ycr-olti That's him hold.ng 'hr sil er b t as he admires the biggesi chattel i.i thoroughbreds. Louis Fcustel is chopping up the sweet scented hay which is mixed in Man o War's mach of on 3. After a gallcp his scur.d, round hoofs arc washed free, fram every part c!c of d rt His chocs are forged of the b'uest of steel by the most careful of ohoeomlths. Frank Loftuc is shown in the picture applying the oanciages to the wonder limbs of the horse that has come to be both his pal ,-nd rcho.on. Surely no baby ever receiveo mere delicate care than M.?n o' War gets. After the mercury footed colt h.-.d galluped a new world'c record at Eclmor.t Park 2: 14 1-5 for a mile and three furlongs Riddle was handed hand-ed a blank check and ..eked to write in his. own figures for his champion colt but he returned it without the quiver of an eyelash , 1 'feet are also washed clean and he gets a second meal nl 11:30, four and one half quarts of oats and cut hay. On days v.litn ho ir, not racing he ;gets his final ration at 5.15, five I quarts of onts and hay, and at 8:30 he I Is "put to bed." Three times h wees he geets n tonic n crr-ani of t;rtar, oil mral and sulphur. He has his own water bucket and everything in diB stall it kept ?crupu-louily ?crupu-louily clean WEARS HIS BOOTS When he goes out Tor a walk, he wear.-? boots, and. of course, bandages all of the ilnie when he is not In ac Hon His 'clothe1; aie tailor made' especially for him. and if ihe weather Its cool at night he i.i clothed in wool ail Instead of soft cotton Nearest to the colt's heart is Ix,flus. Man o War i.i not Man o' War to him hut simply "Red " am! the groat king I of horses answers readily to Iha. name He has been taught a number sf tricks and carries Loft us' hat be Itween his tordh In regular trick horse fashion His chief delight, like most horse's, Is lump of sugar, although; he sometimes prefers rn orange. GOOD NATL'RED ! " Man o' War is the best hatttred horse I h.ve ever s-n. ns wll as be 1 ing the greatest horse the world ha? eer known," says Loftus. I hac yet to see him in a bad humor, and he's like a hab after winning a race, he loves ii po." The champion will never leave thi Country, accordinr to an announce mf'tn Jus; made by hjfl owner. Samuel Riddle, thus assuring the fac( that ho w ill probably earn 12(10,000 the creat est winning of nny horse In history |