Man o' War with Will Harbut (5)
Photography of horse sports
Photograph of the American Thoroughbred Man o' War with his groom Will Harbut. Harbut was Man o' War's groom at Faraway Farm from the fall of 1930 until the spring of 1946.
Newspaper headlines from around the world heralded Man o’ War (1917-1947) as “matchless,” the “wonder horse,” a “speed miracle,” and “peerless.”
After winning 20 of his 21 races, Man o’ War, owned by Samuel D. Riddle and trained by Louis Feustel, retired to stud duty in Kentucky. He was the leading North American sire in 1926. He remained a prominent Kentucky tourist attraction during his retirement years, and his funeral was broadcast live across the country.
Man o' War's statue and remains at the Kentucky Horse Park continue to draw thousands of visitors to the Bluegrass every year. A century after his birth, he is still ranked by many as the greatest American racehorse.
Bert Clark Thayer
B.C. Thayer 42-C-16
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Man o' War, Private Showing
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Photograph of the American Thoroughbred Man o' War with his groom Will Harbut taken during a military delegation's visit to Faraway Farm as part of the delegation's tour of Kentucky Thoroughbred horse farms in November of 1943. The visit was part of an effort between the U.S. Army Remount Division and the Peruvian government to create a possible reserve of horses for future military demand.
Pictured (from left to right): Colonel W. H. Nutter; Colonel Jorge Sarmiento, Peruvian military attache in Washington; Colonel W. J. Reardon; Captain K. E. Sadler, veterinarian with the Lexington Remount headquarters; Colonel N. B. Briscoe, post commandant at Fort Knox; Man o' War; Will Harbut; General Jose Vasquez Benavides, head of the Government Military Academy at Lima, Peru; and Major Angel Elizalde, U.S. Army aide from the Philippines.
Joseph Alvie Estes
1943-11
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Man o' War, Private Showing (2)
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Photograph of the American Thoroughbred Man o' War with his groom Will Harbut at a private visitor showing at Faraway Farm in May of 1942.
Will Harbut was Man o' War's groom at Faraway from the fall of 1930 until the spring of 1946.
Man o’ War was moved to Faraway Farm in 1922, and he spent the remainder of his life there. For much of the year, Faraway Farm received visitors eager to see Man o’ War every day. Many of these visitors signed the stud barn guest book, and estimates suggest Man o’ War received more than 1.5 million visitors over the course of his 25 years at Faraway.
Newspaper headlines from around the world heralded Man o’ War (1917-1947) as “matchless,” the “wonder horse,” a “speed miracle,” and “peerless.”
After winning 20 of his 21 races, Man o’ War, owned by Samuel D. Riddle and trained by Louis Feustel, retired to stud duty in Kentucky. He was the leading North American sire in 1926. He remained a prominent Kentucky tourist attraction during his retirement years, and his funeral was broadcast live across the country.
Man o' War's statue and remains at the Kentucky Horse Park continue to draw thousands of visitors to the Bluegrass every year. A century after his birth, he is still ranked by many as the greatest American racehorse.
Bert Clark Thayer
1942-05
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Man o' War, Will Harbut, and Clem McCarthy
Photography of horse sports
Photograph of the American Thoroughbred Man o' War with his groom Will Harbut and sportscaster Clem McCarthy.
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Man o' War's Transport Van
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Photograph of the American Thoroughbred Man o' War with his groom John Buckner pictured beside Man o' War's transport van. Two other unidentified men are also pictured.
John Buckner was Man o’ War’s groom from 1921 to 1930, and he followed Man o’ War from Hinata Farm to Faraway Farm in 1922. Buckner was previously employed by Hinata and Faraway Farm manager Elizabeth Daingerfield to care for James R. Keene’s stallions. When Daingerfield resigned from Faraway in October of 1930, Buckner left with her and continued to work for Dangerfield at her farm, Haylands.
Newspaper headlines from around the world heralded Man o’ War (1917-1947) as “matchless,” the “wonder horse,” a “speed miracle,” and “peerless.”
After winning 20 of his 21 races, Man o’ War, owned by Samuel D. Riddle and trained by Louis Feustel, retired to stud duty in Kentucky. He was the leading North American sire in 1926. He remained a prominent Kentucky tourist attraction during his retirement years, and his funeral was broadcast live across the country.
Man o' War's statue and remains at the Kentucky Horse Park continue to draw thousands of visitors to the Bluegrass every year. A century after his birth, he is still ranked by many as the greatest American racehorse.
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Man o’ War Exercising
Photography of horse sports
Photograph of the American Thoroughbred Man o' War exercising. In his years at Hinata and Faraway Farms, Man o’ War maintained a rigorous exercise regimen.
Newspaper headlines from around the world heralded Man o’ War (1917-1947) as “matchless,” the “wonder horse,” a “speed miracle,” and “peerless.”
After winning 20 of his 21 races, Man o’ War, owned by Samuel D. Riddle and trained by Louis Feustel, retired to stud duty in Kentucky. He was the leading North American sire in 1926. He remained a prominent Kentucky tourist attraction during his retirement years, and his funeral was broadcast live across the country.
Man o' War's statue and remains at the Kentucky Horse Park continue to draw thousands of visitors to the Bluegrass every year. A century after his birth, he is still ranked by many as the greatest American racehorse.
Jeffords Collection
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Through the Pages
Horse racing in art
This work is featured on the cover of the monograph "Through the Pages of the Daily Racing Form" by John McEvoy. The book, published by the Daily Racing Form Press in 1995 to commemorate its first 100 years (1894-1994), was illustrated by Peb.
The legendary Man o’ War is depicted as a warship, and Secretariat appears in the crow’s nest. The boat’s cannons are firing, and the surrounding waves are depicted as horse heads.
Pierre Bellocq, aka Peb
1994
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Pen and ink with watercolor; 24 x 18.25 in.
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Will Harbut
Photography of horse sports
Photograph of Will Harbut, Man o' War's groom at Faraway Farm from the fall of 1930 until the spring of 1946.
Joel Clyne Meadors
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