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FINE RECORD OF LANIUS IN RACING Performances and Pedigree of the Winner of the Present Years Metropolitan Handicap Two of the major handicaps of our spring cam ¬ paign were decided last Aveek the Metropolitan in the east at Belmont Park and the Kentucky Han ¬ dicap in the Avest at Churchill Downs As a co ¬ incidence botli races Avere contested over muddy tracks and both Avere marked by defeats of the public preferences preferencesLanius Lanius Avinner of the Metropolitan Avas bred in Ireland at the Clonsilla Stud of J J Maher and cost George D Widener 2560 as a yearling He ran quite Avell as a twoyearold in 1917 taking four races in nine starts the Champagne Stakes at Belmont Park and Oakdale Handicap at Aque ¬ duct being included in his victories He AAas ailing more or less last year and only started in four races of Avhich he took one a purse at the Pimlico spring meeting in Avhich lie defeated among others such subsequent celebrities as Flags and Joliren at a mile He Avas unplaced in his first start this year but certainly made good in the Metropolitan MetropolitanThe The pedigree of Lanius is interesting in that on both sides it goes back to the famous Isonomy His record in racing to date and his pedigree are as folloAvs folloAvsYear Year Age Sts 1st 2d 3d Unp Won 1917 2 I 4 1 0 4 4905 Wild f Ga f f owlerS Moorhen owlerSI I Ben rpi tr trrnn Battle The Wh Witcli rnn fRc Rcvcrbera Thunderstorm 1 ionS t tion tionHampton The Gold Horn tu ion Wenlock Sto Rysh worth Hampton Lord Clifden Lady Langden Galopin Feronia r Isinglass Isonomy IsonomyVioliii Violiii I Deadlock 1 String Band Barcaldine ATI nnni
