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ROCKRIDGE FARM HIGH RANKING VIRGINIA STUD Gino Time Maker and Charley O There With TwentyFive Mares Gray Son of Tetratema Is Making First Season at David N Rust Farm LEESBURG Va June 28 Gradually gaining a position of importance among Virginia breeding establishments is Rock ridge Farm of David N Rust Jr a few miles beyond the historic town of Leesburg which figured prominently during Civil Wai days and in the horse loving Loudoun County it was almost inevitable that Rock ridge would one day join the ranks of fore ¬ most Old Dominion nurseries From a beginning consisting of but a few mares Rust has built up his establishment by de ¬ grees until it now boasts three good stal ¬ lions with a court of twentyfive mares maresTime Time Maker a sixtaenyearold son of The Porter Dream of Allah by Colin was first placed at stud by Rust a few years ago With the acquisition of more mares and increasing concretration on breeding activi ¬ ties the master of Rockridge added Charley O to the roster That comparatively young stallion a son of Hourless and Clonal ilty by Catmint proved a worthwhile addition for the steadily growing band of mares maresGino Gino was the latest stallion to join Time Maker and Charley O Conjecture is high that his presence at Rockridge will bring the Leesburg farm into topflight ranking rankingAcquired Acquired at the Willis Sharpe Kilmer dis ¬ persal sale for 19500 Gino is a beautiful gray stallion of excellent conformation and an elevenyearold son of Tetratema Tere sina by Traceiy A young stallion he served with distinction during his stay at Court Manor Sire of thirtytwo winners out of thirtyfive starters from his first crop Gino was eighth among the twenty leading East ¬ ern sires of 1940 1940BRED BRED TO OUTSIDE MARES ALSO ALSODuring During his first season at Rockridge Farm Gino served twentyfive mares Seventeen were outside matrons William duPont sent the mares Golden Manda Staraway Sara lite Star Gala and Fair Star to Gino while Paul Mellon sent Maskla Sun Chance and The Nun Other matrons to visit the stal ¬ lions court were Donna Luana Candy May Marching Home Gay Poker Pue Champ dOr Countesing Xatwo and Byrd Helen HelenHome Home mares mated with Gino were Sun SunTess Tess dam of the stake winner Gino Rex RexSun Sun Edna producing daughter of Sun Briar Briari i which begot the stake winner Grey Wolf WolfI I Suneego Fue Bar Lisa Karelia Princess PrincessNetta Netta and Easter Sox The latter is a full fullsister sister to Easter Stockings StockingsThe The current crop of foals at Rockridge is highly satisfactory The sixteen youngsters with but one exception are by Time Maker Five are fillies all by Time Maker The dams are Golden Fizz Svelte Wee Woody Karelia and Beloved One The colt foals numbering eleven are by Blenheim Win tell Time Maker Minxy Time Maker Rockroi Time Maker Aella Time Maker Suneego Time Maker Easter Sox Time Maker Granville Time Maker Sun Edna Time Maker Pinta Time Maker Lisa and Time Maker Princess Netta NettaThe The matrons Suneego Sun Edna and Sun Tess were purchased with Gino at the Kil ¬ mer sale A primary reason for acquiring the Sun Briar mares resulted from the suc ¬ cess achieved at Court Manor from the nick of Sun Briar mares with Gino GinoSUN SUN TESS FAVORITE MATRON MATRONWith With yearly allocations for further im ¬ provement of his nursery by injection of more Sun Briar blood and Chatterton mares Rust has extensive plans for bringing stand ¬ out matrons to Rockridge At present one of the favorites is Sun Tess A daughter of Sun Briar Contessina high hopes are held for the further produce of that young matron Her dam Contessina incidentally is also the dam of the famed Reigh Count and thereby Sun Tess becomes a half sister to that son of imported sunreigh
