Man o' War's last race was against Sir Barton, who in 1919 had become the first to win the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont. Like most match races, it was hardly competitive. At Kenilworth ...

The only knock against him was that he hadn't tackled his elders, namely Cmdr. J.K.L. Ross' Sir Barton and W.S. Kilmer's Exterminator—but not for lack of trying. His first attempt against older ...