The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-31
YOUNGER BLOOD FAILS
TO FILL THE RANKS
Death Of J.. V. Hardness Re-
moves One More Famous
Name From Turf.
WHO WILL SUCCEED HIM?

Should the death last week OF L. V.
Hardness result in the breaking up OF
Walnut Hall Farm both the breeding I'm
dust-y and the turf will be hard hit, and
the disturbing fact is being brought home
90 trotting horse lovers every day that the
places Of the dead and retired breeders
ore not being taken by new and young
blood Mr.. Hardness was the foremost
Breeder Of his day. and in extent OF
operations and annual contributions or
winners he ranked with the most sue
ccssful Of the preceding generation, such
o.. Charles Backman and c. J. Hamln
~ New York. Henry n. Smith OF New
Jersey, Gen. Wthers. II. ~ Alexander
ard = u. Mctcrfau OF Kentucky and
J.elaad stanford William Corbitt. l.. j.
Rusr and W :. Hobart Of California.
Walnut Hall Farm OF 1000 acres, on
tle Newtown pike out Of Lexington. Ky,
~ tine home %: such sires as Moko. Wal
nut Hail. San Francisco and Manrico. and
% 200 OF the hrcst rnatrons that money
could buy or the genius OF great horse
man could produce. Every year a trotter
from this farm--lt never produced noted
paccr--was either champion or stake
winner Of note The Harvester. 2:0i,
champion stallion and winner OF 100000.
leads the roll ~ honor.
tn the period Of most active breeding
operations in this country, from 1850 to
1900 the fertile spots Of tho United states
wcic dotted vi II 'rottug stock farms.
IN MaH.a ruus,t,s tNore were: lIlghlawn
1fl-fu at Leo, tho nome OF Alcyoue and
Alrautlr1. Eorht4 FIRM or !. Malcolm
Forbes and Nlplchurst OF col. J. T..
TnaNcr ~ New York were the Ear famed
Village Farm aud Stony Ford. btsidcs
'ho rarAy,llo Farm, Of John II. Shuts,
Noun. hIscu Farm ~ ]. ". DAILY and
tho JcWc. Farm, IN N.w jersey. Fashion
T-tru, w TeWsN Iyauia, tho Cloycrdc.l
Farm OF y II. Moore. Cedar Park ~
T,ohcrt Stci and the big farm OF II. &.
If~u-y OF Morrisyire.
More than dozen farms nour.sh-d In
Eoutuckv. notably, woodburn whence
came Maud :. Glsnview. the home
az Nutwood ana rancoast, Indian
nm tho homo Of Erlnceps Ash Grove.
where George wiikc- g. buried Fair
lawn. tho homo Of Almout. aberdeen and
Happy Medium: Ashland. wncrc Dictator
stood Iiighl1vn, tho home Of Red wilkes,
end Oakland Farm. which Baron wilkes
gnade famous. There were scOrss and
scores carrying from twenty 20 ATTY
broodmarCs
To-day there are less than one dozen
stock farms OF size IN the whole country.
and Il II significant that they are nearly
oil owned by residents Of New York l..
V Hardness was p New Yorker, and 50
srs W. l.. u. Stokes. owner Of Patrhen
Wilkes Farm, home OF Peter the Great
w. r. Dickerman OF uillanddale Farm.
Jacob RUPERT Of Hudson River Farm.
william Simpson. whose Empire City
Farm IL the home Of ANworthy and Me-
Kinney G. X. G. Billings. who recently es-
tabllshed Curlcs Neck Farm IN Virginia,
and David VI. Look. who replaced the
thoroughbrcds OF James Il. Keene with
trotters at Castleton in Kentucky. Add
60 this list Allen Farm In the Bcrkshires
snd home OF Bingara, 4. Il. CoSe's Nav
beck Farm near Philadelphia anu Jonu r,
Nadden's Hamburg Place in Kentucky
snh the roster OF large stock farms 1.
fnlgEcd.
The coming Of this famine IN breeders
vas predicted several wears ago, and Is
accounted FOR by the fact that the new
generation does not drive on the road as
did those good horsemcn above named
and tlrlt they do not know the eHhilara-
t,0n which. comes when driving n pair or
tay. trotter in single hitch TO a Brewster
wagon.