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HANOVER AND LONGFELLOW BLOOD The blood of Hanover and Longfellow is fre ¬ quently found in the pedigree of some of our good performers when it meets a Bend Or nick nickOrmonda Ormonda by Superman Princess Ormonde by Ormondalo gets it through her granddam Ophir dalo a daughter of Hen Holladay Hanover Mollio L by Longfellow There is al double in ¬ fusion of Bend Or in this instance as Barriedalo dam of Ophirdale is by Donovan Caithness by the Derby winner of 1SSO 1SSOMollie Mollie McCann the granddam of Hen Holladay was by Hunters Lexington She was raced for some years through the bushes in Indiana and while speedy could not stay Her grandson could run all day He was a notoriously slow horse away from tho gate however and Potor Whinner who trained him complained that the big son of Hanover could defeat Imp at a mile and a half with a moving start The opportunity for tho test came in the Second Special at a mile and a half on September 3 IS at 0 ravesend There were only four starters Imp Hen Holladay The Bach ¬ elor and Previous and the gate was thrown with the field well in motion The records show that Imp took the lead at once led throughout and won by a length and a half Ben Ilolladay was a good weight carrier but oil this occasion tho black blackM M pounds to the horses 1 wsfs eased up all through the last eighth The time for the mile and a half was 131 slow in comparison with the records of today but the Jravoscnd course was always deep and the time quoted represented a good race raceThe The following mares by Ben Holladay have thrown winners Ophirdalo Distingue Miss Ilim yar and Nellie Parr Ilalma by Hanover Julia L by Longfellow had up to 1911 fourteen pro ¬ ducing dams
