Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-07
DEATH OF STALLION
GREAT LOSS TO TURF
DEMISE OF TODD CAUSES
MUCH SORROW
William BradIey's Famous Horse Made
Great Record In Stud, Foaling
Many Crack Track
Performers

One of the greatest losses which the
turf has ever sustained was received
when the noted stallion, Todd, 2:14A,
died at Ardmaer farm, Somerville, N.
j., where he was owned by William
Bradley of New York city. His demise
was wholly unexpected, for he had been
ill but a short time. Death was due to
pneumonia. Few sires after a career
covering many years ever enjoyed the
widespread popularity which came to
Todd at the age of years. AS a sire
of early and extreme speed his superior
never lived. His success came by leaps
and bounds. Years alone will determine
fully how great a loss was his unfor-
tunate death, but from the perform
ances of the few of his get which have
already been shown it is safe to assert
that it borders closely upon a calamity.
Alcyon, Ralph Wilkes, Palo Alto, Jay
Hawkes. and others died young and the
fact has been a matter of universal re-
gret. Yet none of them, during their
lifetime. ever approached the record set
by Todd.
Had Fine Ancestry
Todd was foaled in 1899 and was bred
by the late j. Malcolm Forbes at his
famous nursery of trotting speed al
Ponkapoag, Mass. He was one of the
first colts got by his celebrated sire
Bingen, 2:06A, at the Forbes farm. His
dam was Fanella, by Arion, 2:07%
Fanella at the time she produced Todd
had no record, but was afterwaro
placed in training and ultimately OBJ
tained one of 2:13. Bingen had but re-
Gently been retired from the turf, where
he had achieved many triumphs ano
was but beginning the stud career
which in success has only been equaleo
by his son, Todd.
The hosts of colt champions which
have come from his loins are too well
known to need recounting, but among
tara, 209A; Captain Bacon, 2:10%;
Blue Hill (2), 2:15%; the Leading Lady,
90, 2:16h; Gay Bingen 90, 2:121s; Lord
ReVelstoke 90, 2:12A, etc. Arion, the
sire of Fanella, is the champion 2-year-
old trotter today. his record of 2:lOA al
that age taken to high wheels having
withstOod the assaults of all his latter
day opponents.
Offspring Is Famous
He afterward lowered it to 2:07% as
a 3-year-old and cost Mr.. Forbes $125,-
OO00 Immediately after taking his z
year-old mark. In the stud he sired
Nico ca 2:0SA, a trotter that was pre-"
vented by death from taking much
others. Fanella's dam was Directress
2:19, a daughter of Director, 2:l7, the
sire of Directum "a, 2:05A; Direct
2:O51a; Nathan Straus, 2:O3A, etc. she
was out of Aloha, mare by A. w
Richmond, a noted California sire. Her
dam was Guadalupe, by Crichton, a
thoroughbred son of Imp. GLENCOE
Aloha was full sister to Arrow, 2:ISA
ons of the pacing sensations OF the early
COS. and has two others in the list, as
well as a son that sired speed.
Todds Greatness Grows
The vast majority of Todd's colts are
vet to be heard from, for his heaviest
duties in the stud were performed in
1905. 1906 ana 1907. He has also COW
cred a number of mares this year.
Among the mares bred to him in those
years are some of the choicest matrons
of the land. Not until their colts have
passed into the trainers hands will ii
be possible to fully measure Todd's
greatness. That it will grow with each
season is a matter not open to doubt
and when the results are all in all the
world will join in the wish that he
could have been spared until he
reached an age which most stations
do. His influence will not be lost for
years, however, as his three best sons,
Kentucky Todd, Douglass and Cocha-
to, are now in the stud, where they are
meeting with the most pronounced
popular approval. 1t is also to be
hoped that his death will not cause
Mr.. Bradley to abandon the plans
which he had made to make Ardmaer
farm the leading breeding place in
America, for in Guy Axworthy "a,
2OSA, he has a young stallion that
may equal or beat Todd's record