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SIR BARTON AND CONSTANCY Two Great Performers of Recent Years Now Retired to Stud Sir Barton Won 13 Out of 31 31Races Races and 116857 During DuringHis His Racing tiareer The retirement of Sir Barton to the stud with ¬ draws from the sphere of activity an animal of wonderful potentialities potentialitiesThe The fiveyearold son of Star Shoot Lady Ster ¬ ling has had a varied career during his short racing history His twoyearold record is an inglorious one as out of six starts he was only once in the money when he ran second to Dunboyne in the Futurity FuturitySir Sir Bartons initial appearance was in the Tre mont Stakes at Aqueduct July 1918 in which he was placed fifth Billy Kelly taking the stakes At Saratoga he next ran in the United States Hotel Stakes and the Sanford Memorial and was soundly beaten in both events Billy Kelly was the winner of both races He also ran iii the Hopeful Stakes won by Eternal and was unplaced unplacedSir Sir Bartons career as a threeyearold showed a surprising reversal of form lie ran thirteen tines during tlie 1919 season and was never iiiiplnivd winning eight times three times second and twice third and winning 88250 Incidentally Ic too revenge on Billy Kelly beating him four tiiiitM tiiiitMEarly Early in his racing as a fouryearold he showed considerable promise winning five out of his first eight engagements although beaten in his first 1920 race the Belair Handicap at Havre de Grace by his former nemesis Billy Kelly The most im ¬ portant event of Sir Bartons career as a fouryear old was his race with Man o War at Kenilworth Park October 12 1920 when the great champion beat him for the Kenilworth Gup valued at 80000 His turf record is as follows Year Age Sts 1st Id 3rd Unp Won Won191S 191S 2 0 1 0 5 4113 1919 3 13 S 3 20 SS250 1920 4 12 5 2 3 2 21491 1921 5 Did not race raceTotals Totals 3 31 13 G 5 7 110857 110857Here Here is Sir Bartons tabulated pedigree xJ I Dead Lock Wenlock jj Malpractice = J fllormit Newminster IIcrnut Newminsterox UstroIogyJ ox Seclusion 5S Seclusion5S Lstella I Kro to Straf ford l2 iB iDauof Tphilite fllindoo f Virgil VirgilP5 P5 5 Z Hanover i L Florence FlorenceS S j I Bourbon Belle f Ronnie Scotland Mg ScotlandMg L I Ella D g lAquIIa A J Sterling I Whisper Oxford lEagle Phoenix PhoenixI I An Revoir RevoirConstancy Constancy which according to aiiouncenient will be tlie first mate of Sir Barton is an Englishbred filly by Ambassador Simenas Daughter With her dam she was imported to this country by Mr A IS Hancock and passed into the possession of Commander J K I Ross at Saratoga in 1919 1919Running Running in the Canadian owners colors for tho first time the filly won her initial brackets by capturing the Spinaway Stakes Constancy won four other races as a twoyearold one of them being the Eastern Shore Stakes at Havre de Grace GraceAs As a threeyearOld Consfancys winnings Wero not so great but she always acquitted liersclf with older horses and asked no quarter quarterIn In all she won six races in nineteen starts for a total earning of 21729 and was unplaced but four times after winning her first race raceMr Mr Hancock tried to purchase the sire of Con ¬ stancy at the time he bought her and her dam but the price asked 100000 was deemed pro ¬ hibitive Ambassador subsequently sold for 35000 35000Following Following is an itemized account of Constancys form Year Age Sts 1st 2d 3d Unp Won 1919 3 13 r 2 3 19194 1920 3 r l 1 0 3 2135 1921 4 1 0 1 0 0 400 Here is Constancys tabulated pedigree ark fay Ronald Hampton Black Duchess DuchessTlmrio Ronald 1arkie Tlmrio Insignia InsigniaSt IlatttBrion St Simon Bonnie Lassie LassieBend Bend Or Master Sultana SultanaLord MasterKildare Lord Ronald Kildare Silk Violet VioletMelrose SilkScottish Scottish Chief Melrose Violet VioletGalopin St Simon Galopin Flying St Angela AngelaDoneaslcr Footstep Atalanta DoneaslcrAtalanta Doneaslcr
