The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-24
WANTS TO BREED A WORLDS CHAMPION
BY WALTER ]. SNYDER.

tAiR liAC satisfy ING u InS pltdSQI6 L
mingIe with and have an intimate ac-
quaintance with lis horses and breed
g worlds champion. Yes said Mr.. |
Bradley recently. II am proud when
some horse l have purchased makes
turf history. but l would prefer to
have one of my own breeding race in
my %colors.'
In these words the master of Ard
maer expressed the sentiment which
usually is the incentive hat attracts
most wealthy men to becom breeders.
James r. Keene, whose horses won
more money last year than was ever
won by an owner in a single year, once
told the writer that he would prefer
winning a selling race with a horse
of his own breeding than a stake race
with a purchased horse.
Bradley VIII succeed.
That Mr.. Bradley will succeed in
breeding a champion is the common be-
lief of those familiar with the breed
ing of horses. In Todd 2:14%. he has
secured a stallion that, for his age, has
this early established himself the most
sensational sire of colt t%rotters in the
world. Paying $4,000 for the son OF
Bingen at the recent Old Glory sale
and gradually adding to the matrons
that win be bred to him a class of
mares that hould produce champions,
it is quite likely the heavy investments
will materialize the results antiei-
pated.
Sweet Marie, 1902. the champion race
mare. Mr.. Bradley's most recent pur-
chase, will be raced this year in the
stable of William ]. Andrews, with a
view of giving her a record as East as
possible. Major Delmar, 1:59s, worlds
champion trotting gelding, and George
G., 2:05A. holder of the worlds record
on a half-mile track, will be raced in
the stable of Alta Mcdonald, who ann
paigned them so successfully last sea-
son.
1t is also quite likely that Guy Ak
worthy "a. 2:0S%, four-year-old cham
pion of 1906. will also be prepared to
race and reduce his present record. 1t
is generally believed this son of AK
worthy go, 2:15i4. can trot a mile close
to two minutes il especially prepared.
That Trainer Mcdonald believes
George G. to be a better race horse
than even the great Sonoma Girl
I2;05M, is evident by his recent chal-
Ilcnge to race her this season for any.
amount.
0tNtG NEi OCAN1ts
Last season this gelding went
through the circuit without a single
!, defeat and he met the best racing,
, never lodging an engagement. He not
only retired sound. but gave evidence
of possessing more speed than ever,
, and should repeat his phenomenal
/, campaign of last season.
: That Sweet Marie possesses the
/ n hiIffE Ia phfaip a rpnnT1 nf 200 few
. will deny. This daughter Of Mckinney
;, has more thar once demonstrated her
y self equal to such a task. and as Mr.,
Bradley has given orders for a fast
r record it is quite likely that next fall
her record win be around the two-min-
ute mark. Ultimately she will be bred
to either Todd or Guy Axworthy; prob
ably the former, and the value of this
\ union is unestimateable.
Not only is each branch of the an
| cestry a source of record breaking
speed. but consider the monetary value
of the horses that figure in it! Tod
e sold for $4,000. His sire. Bingen, 2:06A
sold for 1872, 200. The sire of Todd
n dam. Arion (2-year-old record 2;10A t
high-wheel sulky, a worlds record)
sold for SIPS, DOC. The sire of his grand
lei dam, Director, sold for $4,000, and Die
tatOr, sire OF Director, Tor Szo,Vuu. Nut
wood, the sire Of the dam of Arion, sol
10 for 1921 600. Sweet Marie cost Mr.. Brad
- lev $4,000. Her sire. Mckinney. 2:11A
i sold for $4,000. and sweet Marie's dan
Lady Rivers. sold for $4,000. Alcyons
- sire OF Mckinney. old for $4,000, an
Alma Mater, dam of Alcyone. sold TO
$751; 900, while Governor Sprague, sire @
McKinney's dam. sold for $4,000. Thes
:, twelve sires and dams, none of ther
= remote ancestors of such a foal. hav
~ therefore sold for an average price c
over $4,000.
Pr price IN Net Considered.
he That the price is not considered whe
MI. Bradley wants a horse is testifie
to by the prices he paid for the fv
horses whose pictures appear. Tod'
2:14%. by Bingen, 2:o6A, dam Fanell'
2:13, by Arion, 2:07A, cost 100000, {
us public auction. Sweet Marie, 1902, b
a Mckinney. 2:111. dan Lady Rivers b
Cars Mambrino. cost $4,000. MaJC
n DcImar. 1854, by Delmar, dam Expe'
tation by Autograph. and George G