National competitive trail mileage record holder Elmer Bandit, 38, passed away Sunday evening at 6:30 p.m. in the pasture of his longtime boarding stable, Misty River Equestrian Center, in Independence, Mo. Surrounded by several friends and his lifelong owner, Mary Anna Wood, Elmer was attended by J.B. Scott, DVM, of the Odessa Animal Clinic, Odessa, Mo.