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DURBARS AMERICAN LINE OF DESCENT. Lexington, Kv.. Mav » -While Herman Pur m r Epsom Derby winner. Durbar II.. was born ,n ] ranee, he is a son of an American mare and I i pedigree in tlie female line is strictly American. Hi lam, Ml.iema. i- by the imported borse Med iller. out of | raaia, by Hanover, si ut ol Wanda. b Mortea er, ahe out ol Minnie Minor, by Lexing Ion. next lain Julii. bv Gbncoe: text dam Sally Waril, bv John P. Grymes, sixth dam Lisbon Maid 1a Niideon. seventh dam Fanny Maria, by Pacolet. eighth dam a ilaogliter of Stirling and tie ninth and last nam |,y Medley. It is what an Piu; lishinan would call a short pedigree running early to tlie woods, as the subjects of King George would sav. While it is short, it is a winning line. Armenia was bred bv tie- late William C. Whitney at La Belle Farm, owned bv Hal P. Headley, near this city, she was foaled in 1961 and was raced in 1 met and l.MM. winning both season- and gaining the distinction of having been winner of the Matron StakS. Sin went to the stud in P.MI5 and in 1 is; i; dropped her tir-t foal. Tills, by Hamburg, . which was ■ winner on this side of the Atlantic. Her second foal was Annori. by Hamburg in 1007. She was sent to France with her dam in 1906 by Dnryea. who bad purchased her from Mr. Whitney. Draaia was a noted campaigner when tie property 1 of Chris Smith. She started in eighty seven races, won thirty live, was second in twenty-live, third iu 1 nine, and unplaced in eighteen.. SLv WOO. ?18,71o. i J , , , I Wanda was a celebrated race mare, really in her time the pest performer of her age and sex. She won eight of her thirteen races as a two year old and was second in three and unplaced in the other two. As a three-year-old, her last season on tin-turf. Wan la won four of her eleven races, was second in live and unplaced in two. She won the Tyro, Champion stallion. Flatbush, Central, Swift Mermaid. Lorillard and West End Hotel Stakes ami closed her career at Baltimore, where she ran second to l.ongview in the Breckenridge Stakes at two miles. Maggie Minor started only .nice, that as a two year old at a mile and was second to tlie great race lease. Kentucky, defeating the mighty Bagle. It is a family of stayers, however, distinctly American it may be from which this latest winner of the great English classic comes.