SPORT: Big Red Dynasty

If a man had 277 children he would have something to worry about. But not Man o' War. Munching hay at his homestead at Faraway Farms, near Lexington, Ky., Man o' War, not quite 21,* had last week nothing to worry about—not even the preparations for his big birthday party March 29th—and he had something new (if he had known it) to be proud of.

In his racing days (1919-20), Man o' War, a golden chestnut colt familiarly known as "Big Red," won all but one of the 21 races he started, established...

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