Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-11
ARDMAER FARM IS
NOT TO Be SOLD
BY Mr. BRADLEY
Instead of Planning to Dispose
of Famous Breeding Establish
ment Wealthy New Yorker Is
Adding to Plant-Maior Del
mar Going Blind.
BY WALTER F. ERLER.

Bradley. owner of Ardmaer farm,
made "a large consignment of brood
mares and colts to that sale, numerous
rumors have been anoat to the effect
that Mr.. Bradley intended abandoning
Ardmaer as a trotting horse nursery.
These umor have absolutely no
foundations; In fact, within the last
two weeks Mr.. Bradley has added a
farm adjoining Ardmaer on the west
to his plant, which gives this nursery
of the American trotter an area ex-
ceeding twenty-five hundred &C es,
every foot of which is upland meadow.
Mr.. Bradley has made another con-
signment, seventy in number, brood
mares and yearlings, to tho corning
mid winter sale, which a caused the
tongues of the wiseacres to wag once
more. The owner of Ardmaer operates
one of the very largest contracting
plants in New York. and probably in
the world. It is a business that re-
quires at all times the services of over
n thousand head of horses and
mules. If one will stop to think 1t is
readily seen that the enterprise of
such magnitude. and the attention
1t requires would keep most any man
we'll occupied.
Mr.. Bradley's intention is to cut
down the number of brood mares to
twenty-five, and offer the services of
Bingen, 2:06A. annually to twenty-i five
approved outside mares at a fee of
$500.
A New Method.
This method will make Ardn1aer
a pleasure rather than a burden to its
nUr11ar anl rhA xAaut1ltr ~neuiAIo 81.
this method should be productive of
much good for the industry generally,
and the qualification of which Mr..
Bradley has proved himself most wor-
thy.
The methods to be employed from
now on, or at least for an indefinite
period of time make the services of
Bingen all that Is required on the
farm, and negotiations for the lease of
Guy Axworthy. 2:oSA. are at this time
under way with Jere Tarlton, of Lex
ington, Ky, and a definite
ment regarding the future of the best
son of Axworthy may be looked for
within ten days.
Guy Axworthy to Kentucky.
Should Guy Axworthy be taken to
Lexington 1t will offer him many op-
portunities he could never have had in
New Jersey. AS he was a race horse of
u~ndisputed merit and is already the
sire Of early and extreme trotting
speed his services are bound to be
sought after in the blue grass coun-
try. His yearling foals now at Ard
maer are a grand lot and to me the
fastest yearling oil the farm is Vera
Guy by Guy Axworthy out of Vera
Epaulet. 2:2SA. This young miss
doesn't know q thing in the world but
trot; is an excellent individual, and
could on he day of my visit to the
farm outtrot any yearling by Bingen
that | saw. I am inclined to the be-
lief that Superintendent Shut showed
me the best on the place. Mr.. Shut
was particularly sweet on a yearling
hlly by Bingen out of Betsy Todd by
Ora Wilkes. This little lady, Betsy
Bingen by name, Is a sure enough trot.
ter, but l think the Vera Epaulet 6lly
by Guy Axworthy could outstep her
and make her like it. After expressing
this opinion to Superintendent Shut
ne led out Rody Bingen. a handsome
nlack yearling t by Bingen, out OF
Pnoeoe Childers, 2:10h, and while this
gentleman is as fast as a ghost I failed
to see as much speed as Vera Guy
had displayed.
Best Mares to Auction.
In cutting down the number of brood
mares TO the requisite Twenty-Five
some of the very best mares on the
farm VIII be sent to the auction block.
I was particularly impressed with the
bay mare Palema, in foal to Guy AK
worthy. This mare is by Bingen out
Of Nancy Hanks, making her an own
sister to the fast stallion Admiral
Dewey, 2:04k. To me this mare Is one
of the most superb individuals on the
farm, and while she will probably bring
a small fortune at public vendue her
produce by any good sire will doubt
less reimburse her purchaser in a short
time.
Another Good One.
Another BEAUTIFULLY bred mare and a
grand individual who will get a new
home is Gayety Lee, an own sister Ia
the Futurity winner, Gay Bjneen.
2:12k, who went to Russia for a long
price. Both of these mares are Young
and sound n individually are among
the very best daughters of Bingen that
l lave ever seen. 1t is indeed d~ificult
to believe that they are not destined to
become worthy producers II given the
opportunity they would appear most
justly to merit.
sweet Marie to Remain.
Among the highly-bred mares that
are to remain at Ardmaer are Sweet |
Marie, 200, by Mckinney; while this
mare has never yet produced a foal.
superintendent Shut gave it as his
opinion that she is now safely in foaI
to Bingen. h is big and strong, and
the life Of leisure she has led roaming
about the meadows of Ardmaer for the
past three years give her a rough APP
~pearance, yet she retains all the char
acteristics which nal her one of the
most wonderful race mare that ever /
saw the light of day.
UhIan's Dam Mt This Farm.
Another matron that is at this time
Of particular interest to every visitor
at the farm Is the chestnut mare
Blonde. the dam of that peerless trot-
ter Uhlan, 1854. In appearance Blonde
does not foot up like the dam of al
champion and there Is much about her