Word: ormanda
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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First and most obvious candidate for the championship was Joseph E. Widener's Brevity, whose dam is Ormanda and whose sire is either Chance Shot or Sickle. As equivocal as his paternity, Brevity won the Florida Derby in record time, then, odds-on favorite, he ran second in the Kentucky Derby and the Withers. His admirers excused his failures to win by the fact that he was jostled at the start of both races. Winner of the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness was Morton L. Schwartz's Bold Venture. Bold Venture last fortnight retired for the season with...
...When registering Brevity, Owner Widener wrote in the stud book: Brevity, by Chance Shot or Sickle, out of Ormanda. *In one of her rare visits to the race track last week, Trainer Mary Hirsch's younger sister Katherine placed $2 on Bernard Mamies Baruch's Joyride, whose victory brought her $10. Later she placed the same amount on New York Representative Parker Coming's Flying Mare, who galloped home in the lead, brought her $26. Total winnings for Sister Katherine on Sister Mary's horses...