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Show TURF EXCITED ! OVEMOti Horse Breaks Record For Mile, and Three Furlongs On Belmont Track. j American turfdom lo stirred to the! highest pitches or xcitement as tho, result of th bun?ational perform-' ance of Samuel D. Riddle's marvelous horse Man-O-Wnr. in the Belmont stakes at Belmont track a week ago.. The horso went a mile and three furlongs fur-longs In 2: in 1-5. which is exactlv two ' rind three fifths faster than the distance dis-tance has ever been covered beforo lu the entire history of the sport. 1 The performance by Mnn-O'War! not only marks an entirely new epoch1 In turf annals In this country, but sets, a wonderful record for runners to shoot at for the next generation. The I feal was accomplished beforo a crowd ' of 25.000 racing enthusiasts, none of, whom even dreamed the horse would set a new record, altohugh some few of the students of the game believed ho has gone the distance In remarkable remark-able time? Cost Less Thnn SHIOO For a horse to coal less than 51,000, Man-O'War has plunged into fame' ftuickly and seems to be worth the! 5260,000 offered for him bv Joseph L. ' Murphy, the Philadelphia horseman! immodiately.after the record p'orfcfrm-'! ance. This tremendous success baa' not only created an interest In what! appears to be the cheaper horses, but! It also has created an Interest In the business of faithfully trvlng out all1 young horses, even though they do not' show to the best advantage when led under the hammer as jearlings. Hardly had the word of Man O'Wnr's accomplishment been flashed1 over the country than It was follow-; ed by a tecond announcement that! Mr. Riddle would send him after other world's records, then retire him to the breeding farm on a basis thm would permit all horse owners lo removo their stock. I "I am not in tho racing sport as a money making proposition." said Mr. , Riddle. In discussing tho $260,000 offer from Mr. Murphy, "but purely as a sport and a recreation. I have long wanted a record holding horse, and now that I have oncl shall not part with him. When Man O' War's racing days are over I shall retire him and! mako It possible for breeders In this ; country to strengthen their blood lines ;wlth a horse' that has accomplished something that will rebound to the, credit of tho entire game." I Mr. Riddle's home is In Philadelphia but he spends the major portion of his (time lu New York Man O'War will go after a half dozen records this sum- (mer then be given a period of rest 1 from training. 00 |