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i" v MRS. LIVINGSTONS SECOND WINNER OF THE KENTUCKY ENDURANCE STAKES T No stretch of the imagination could invest Pandoritla witli the qualities that go o make up the truly gieat race mare, but in one of the two races she won last year she proved indubitably that she is a stayer o the old-fashioned kind. That came to her rightfully by inheritance. Her sire, Uowling Drook. was un- iiuestionabiy a high-class horse and more than once took the mighty Hamburg into camp when tlie latter was at the height of his fame, defeating him in tlie Double Event for two-year-olds at even weights in landtT and again in the Helmont Stakes for three-year-olds in 1MIS. His sire. Ayrshire, won the Epsom Derby of 1SSS and lie is not the only son of Ayrshire doing good service in the stud in this country. Peep oDayaml ruiiMiit also owing their paternity to him, their respective best repr-sentatives in our racing of last year In-big Cock o" the Walk and Flying Fairy. On her dams side aiso Iandoriua runs into old-time staying lines of descent and. altogether, her pedigree shows her right to stay well over such a long distance as" the tour miles, whicli she traversed sweet ssfti.ly when shii wen the Kentucky Endurance Stakes, but In much :iie slowest time recorded in that event. Pandoriiia ran in but five races when a two-year-old and won none of them. In one she was second and in two she was third. She was not started until tlie Toronto fall meeting and was not placed in a race tn -f i I the Pinilico autumn meeting came on. There, on November 1, she ran a bad third to Acton and Tartar at live and a half furlongs. .November 4 she ran second to Virile in a race for maidens at lire-eighths of a mile and on Xoremb: r 0 was a respectable third to P.ashti and Cogs at three-quarters of a mile. This was her best effort as a two-year-old and she was only beaten two lengths in 1:14?.-, witli 07 pounds up. A.l of this was about sr.cli a record as a host of ordinary two-year-olds achieve in each passing year. It was as a Ihiee-year-old last year that Pandoriiia won her way to consideration. Her campaign began early in the year and l:tr lirst race was for a purse at Charleston. March 10. In this she ran fourth to Chilton King. Early Light and Cood Day at live and a half furlongs in l.OS"--,. In her next essay she scored one of her two winning races of 101 It. This was in another purse race at Charleston. March 21, .itanee three-quarters of a mile. Something in her first race had evidently made an impression for. open ing at even money, she went to the post at 4 to ." and won. with Anna Claire second. Syosset third and nine more bad race horses behind the three. At Jaiutstowii. April 4, she was unplaced and beaten off at three-quarters of a mile in a race won by Palanquin in lM."1.-.. witli Votes second and Cogs third. At Pimlico. May .". she did better by finishing third to P.uskin and Dr. Diienner at a mile in 1 ::t!Mh, but was seven lengths behind the winner. Next she twice ran unplaced at the same meeting, once in extra good company i-.iid the other time in inferior. Then she was taken to Toronto and there, on May 20, ran Royal Message a head at three-quarters in :A. with the favorite. Moving Picture, third. At Montreal. June .!. she ran unplaced to Pardner. Towton Field and flrif at a mile in 1:42 Jf,, and at tlie same meeting linished third to My Fellow and Rash at a mile and an eighth in 1 :.V-f,. close up ami only beaten a lengtli. At the Montreal fall meeting, September !. she ran unplaced to ;. M. Miller. Plate Class and Airev at a mile in 1 :.!0. but linished in front of the Kentucky Derby winner, Donerail. At the same meetingSeptember 10. "lie was unplaced to Great Britain, Plate Class and C. M. Miller, in tlie Earl Gray Cup, at a mile and a quarter, run in 2:04-.-,, but ran a gooil race and had Donerail and Airey behind her at tlie finish. Then came tlie race that gave her a niche in the temple of equine fame. This was when the Kentucky Endurance Stakes at four miles came on for decision over the Ciiirchill Downs track at Louisville. Wednesday. October S. In its two previous runnings this long-distance event had been marked by record-breaking performances. In 1012 Mrs. L. A. Livingstons Soteinia had won it in tlie almost unbeiievable time, according to old-time standards, of 7:10f.. She was now destined to the rare good lortuiie of winning it again with Iandoriua. but in so much slower time as .to almost create a revusion i f disgust against the race. However, that was nnjust. Even as it was the race was run in time that would have been deemed remarkable in the days when racing at four miles and four-mile heats was the shion ami not the exception. Tlie event had received an original entry that included a number of high-class horses. Rut when the time for tlie race arrived so many had fallen victims to the exigencies and tdsehauees of racing and training that linaly only four candidates mustered at tlie starting point, being Ptilldorlna, 10o pounds: Flora I-iua. 110: Prince Eugene, ICS. and Beautiful. 110. Of these Beautiful v.-as a commoner that had no chance and did not even finish. Iandoriua was trained by a pastmastcr in the art of fitting a horse for such a race and was delivered at the post with every muscle in her lithe body ready for the trying ordeal. Flora Fina was also ready to run to her capacity. Prince Eugene was given a public :ral tie day be Tore the race at two miles and a quarter and covered it in such good time that he ran his tae then and there. It did not occur to the public that such was the case and had the effect of making hit", the favorite for tlie race. .More severely trained for endurance he might have won but. while he plainy showed himself to be superior in native speed to his opponents, he as clearly showed that he mid not leen trained in tlie way required for such a long-distance race. He led by from twentv to liftv lengths for nearly three miles, then Pandoriiia set sail for him and. quickly passing tlie exhaustedcolt. drew far away anil finally won pulling up by sixty lengths in 7:27;-.. Flora Fina also passing Prince Eugene and took the S-.OOO oT second money. Pandorinas share of the spoils was the neat sum of ."50 and a beautiful gold cun of tlie further value of ,000. Subsequently Iandoriua ran in but one more race last year. This was in tlie Bowie Handicap of two miles at the Pinilico fatl meeting. In this she was allotted 105 pounds, but was called upon to meet horses of better class than that lo which she belongs and ran unplaced to P.uskin, Barnegat and Star Gaze, the two miles being covered in ::2.y?,. Her record and pedigree are as follows: tear. Age. Sts. 1st. 2nd. r.rd. Unp. Won. 1012 2 0 1 o $ i7.-, 101.". M 2 2 2 S 10,700 Totals 2 If - 4 10 . 0,875 "Hampton J Lord CHWcii Jewmlnstor pArrshire. " ...... j Lad v Langden . . j Kettledrum . j I Haricot I Aiaiania .,i,i., J J Galopiu J Vedette I Flying Duchess f Bowling Brook J Feronia j Thormanby I Woodbine" J fTom0c.in.ree J Sarneal - i Vacation J K:l""a j Voucher . "j Countess S Planet J Revenue g I Minnie Mc J xina 5 -2 Edina J Kt of St. Oeorge go Edith 5 .- rr Leamington ... J Faiigli-a-Bailagh h- f Enquirer j Dan. of Pantaloon G r Kmprror J Lida J Lexington "j t Vesnerli-ht J Chllilo Harold ... J Sovereign l tspeuipiit j Mara West L Pandora J Budelight J ciencoe I Gaslight fl.eMm.tou CTpvliWon J I Hoxtou J Tinioleon j Sis. to Tuckalioe I Susan Ann.... J Alice Carneal J Sarpedon j Rowena Roxana Chesterfield j Priam L I Worthless Levia j Tranbv Tolevia
