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[email protected] Ancient Title Elected To Racing Hall Of Fame Ancient Title, who won 20 stakes races and earned Bred and owned by the late Bill and Ethel Kirkland $1,252,791 during seven racing seasons, has become the of West Covina, California, Ancient Title was foaled at fifth California-bred to be elected to the National Three Rings Ranch in Beaumont on Jan. 19, 1970, and Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, named for Baron Von Arenscheidt, a German noble- New York. man who was Ethel Kirkland’s grandfather. One of the outstanding runners of the 1970s, the Lynn Meyers, one of the Kirklands’ three grand- durable and versatile gelding included the 1975 Californian daughters, recalled watching the two-time California Stakes and Hollywood Gold Cup Invitational Handicap at Horse of the Year in action as a young married woman Hollywood Park, both grade I events, and the grade II and mother. WhitneyW Handicap atE Saratoga RaceE CourseK among hisL 24 Y “My grandfather was in the asphalt paving busi- ©Mochon overall victories in 57 starts from 1972 to 1978. ness, but his big love was his horses,” said Meyers He was voted to racing’s shrine on April 21, by a special who with her with husband Donald are residents of tiny Historical Review Committee which considers candidates who Montague, California, in Siskiyou County, just south of the have not been active in Thoroughbred racing for at least 25 years.