2i8 JOHN PORTER OF KINGSCLERE 



believe there was — in the allegation that Bend Or 

 was really Tadcaster, and vice versa^ Sandiway 

 would rank as sister to a Derby winner. Mr. 

 Somerville Tattersall, in the course of a contribu- 

 tion to the Bend Or controversy (he is a believer 

 in the pedigree of Bend Or as it appears in the 

 Stud Book) wrote : 



Allusions have been made to the likeness between Bend 

 Or and Sandiway. There was no resemblance, as far as 

 I could see, in their appearance, though they both had 

 good action, but there was, of course, a distinct likeness 

 between Sandiway (by Doncaster) and Lenity (by Bend Or) 

 both out of Clemence. 



Now I am bound to say that in my opinion 

 Sandiway did bear a very strong resemblance to 

 Bend Or. The fact that the likeness existed 

 does not, however, necessarily strengthen the 

 suggestion that the two animals were brother 

 and sister. The mere circumstance that they 

 were by the same sire is sufficient to account for 

 the features common to both. 



As a two-year-old Sandiway won seven of the 

 nine races in which she ran, including the Acorn 

 Stakes at Epsom, the Findon Stakes and a 

 Nursery Handicap at Goodwood, and the Pren- 

 dergast at Newmarket. The following season 

 she was out seven times. After running un- 

 placed in the One Thousand, won by Busy- 

 body, she took the Coronation Stakes at Ascot, 



