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him, there is always glory enough to reach all concerned 

 and certainly the second horse must have his just share and 

 that share is a liberal one, always. So, we say, while San- 

 ardo has not been praised in song and story to any great ex- 

 tent, those who know race-horse quality have all along given 

 him the praise that is justly his and that is no small portion. 

 He has been a worthy representative of a great tribe albeit 

 he declined to adopt the gait to which he was supposed to be 

 bred. 



It may be well, at this point, to put in something in the 

 way of details as to the racing career of this gelding who is 

 a champion and as the pages are turned it will be disclosed 

 that what has been said heretofore is in no sense fulsome 

 praise but a deserved tribute to a great little horse. 



His first start was made at North Randall, July, 1919, 

 and with the exception of a special against John R. Braden 

 and others at Allentown, Pa., in 1920, he has done his big 

 game hunting entirely on the Grand Circuit. 



After a careful preparation with the Grand Circuit stake 

 races in view Sanardo was taken to the races, for the first 

 time, in 1919 and in the course of that season was a starter 

 and, with the exception of one event, a real contender in 

 fourteen races in which the time of the heats ranged from 

 2:001/2 to 2:0914 but mostly better than 2:06. He won 

 ten of the sixteen and in the fourteenth took a record of 

 2:00^, which was then and at the beginning of 1922, still 

 remains the world's record for a five-year-old pacing geld- 

 ing. That race was one of the best ever paced anywhere. 

 As already stated, Sanardo won the opening heat in 2:00^; 

 the second went to Adioo Guy in 2:00'^4 ^i^^ Sanardo won the 

 third and final round in 2:031/^, making the average time 

 of the three heats a trifle slower than 2:011^. The following 

 week he beat Adioo Guy in straight heats, pacing the opening 

 one in 2:0114 and at Atlanta he paced the second heat in 

 2:01, when he gained a three heat victory over Grace Direct. 

 The season was a most successful one, despite a few unex- 

 pected obstacles which included the good Goldie Todd and 

 Roy Grattan as well as Grace Direct. But he triumphed on a 

 majority of his public appearances. 



