Will Harbut, Man o' War's ancient groom and greatest admirer, had a set speech when he led visitors (50,000 a year) to the special stall at Faraway Farm, Ky. It went something like this, with asides to his charge: "Heah he is, ladies and gen'men. Come heah, Red. . . . Stands 16 and one-half hands high. . . . I say, come heah you old Red."
After siring 383 registered foals, Old Red doesn't move so fast any more. There is no longer money in his genes. He serves no more mares, gets out to pasture only three hours a day....
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