The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-25
HARR|MAN'S fine
BREEDING FARM.
Millionaire Owner Of STEAMBOAT,
2:11. and John Il. Gentry,
200 II, Has a Big Stud.
AIMS TO BREED A CHAMPION.
Billy Andrews, Who Formerly
Drove for Cicero j. Hamlin
and William Simpson, Is
the Hartman Driver.

One of the big figures in financial and rail-
road matters for the last six months has
been Z. II. Hartman. whose purchase and
reorganization Of the Chicago and Alton
road first brought him into prominence and
whose operations in high finance are now on
a scale that has made him a well-known
man abroad as we'll as at home, writes H.
r. White in the Chicago Tribune.
Mr.. Hartman is a trottinS horse devotee
to the backbone, and about the only pleasure
he cares for. aside from those OF Wall street.
Is to visit his magnificent breeding estab-
lishment. known as Arden Farms, and sit
uated near Goshen. Orange County, N. y.
Mr.. Harriman's entrance into the breeding
ranks Of the trotring horse world &C.
CURED about ten years ago and was spectac-
ular. The California stallion StambOul, FOR
whom wal claimed a record Of 2:01!.. but
whose official mark is ELL. was to be auc-
toned of at Madison Square Garden. AT
that time nobody in the horse business had
ever heard OF E. H. Hartman. and SO when
a quiet man bid $4,000 for the handsome
stallion there was a rush to ind out all
about him. 1t was soon discovered that he
was a Wall street broker. was we'll on. but
not known as a rich man. and came origi-
nally from down Virginia or Maryland way.
Mr.. Hartman went into the breeding ; nd
racing OF trotters with the same particu-
lArtty OF detail ana Sklileu .WdtCnAuAhcSS
over every point in the game that has made
him such a success in the larger matters Of
his career. His premier stallion was "A
beauty as we'll as a fast %trotter, and while
az a sire of ~trotters he has not been a great
success he and his get have won a lot Of
honors in the show ring. But MIR. Hartman
has not been content with this His great
ambition |. to breed a trotter from Stam-
boul that will DO right among the top
notchers. and in the last few years he has
gone about his In q systematic way In
1897 he thought he had one In a 2-year-oid
called Elsie s., and early in the winter he
made a friendly match with Marcus DAILY.
the Montana millionaire, whereby Elsie s..
was to meet Limerick. also a 2-year.old,
over the half-mile track at Goshen, where
Mr.. Hartman and some other trotting
horse enthusiasts give q rafting trotting
meeting every summer irrespective or eX-
pense. The DAILY colt won. but Elsie 5:
has proven herself a good one, the best OF
the Stambouls. as her mark Is now liza.
William Andrews, who drove Tor the HAM
Inns, and later for Simpson, the New YORK
pawnhroker, who has a great breeding farm
ut Cuba. N. Y. Is the Hartman driver. and
a couple Of years ago the PAGER. John X.
Gentry C2.OOlk). was added to the racing sta
BILE, with q view of using his blood as q
cross for that of the STEAMBOAT mares that
are accommodating at Arden Farms. In the
meantime Mr.. Hartman has gone ahead
mares that have made fast records on the
turf and are still young, and In doing this
he has also seen to 1t that these mares
were by sires that had speed. SO that the
colts from them by STEAMBOAT or Gentry vii!
have at least two generations OF aeveiopeu
Stambcul IL by Sultan C2:2D. and Gentry by
Ashland Wilkes (2:171s). Here are seven
mares of this class, two OF them having
been bred on the farm: