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Texas Breeders See Brighter Future Lone Star States Industry Expands ExpandsNew New Nurseries Established And Owners Are Acquiring Fresh Thoroughbred Stock StockDALLAS DALLAS Texas May 5 Despite the uncertain outlook in thoroughbred circles circlesplus plus the natural tendency of breeders to hedge in wartime a steady upswing is noted throughout the Southwest particu ¬ larly in this state Now arid then a new breeder comes Into the industry a new thoroughbred nursery is started a new sire is bought and brought to Texas and thus new props are given the structure of Texas Texasthoroughbred thoroughbred industry industryIn In recent months Crescent Oaks Ranch near Denton but controlled by Dallas capitalists acquired the sire Hadagal from Warren Wrights Calumet Farm Lexing ¬ ton Ky and the strapping son of Sir Gal lahad m Erne now is installed there He will be bred this year to most of the mares originally installed there and included are some of the best bred matrons in the state Talented dam of Royal Crusader Tucka hoe dam of numerous winners Ancilia who has sent good horses to the races Handover one of John P Griers best daughters Ravishing stately graycoated daughter of Polymelian and Pansys First so named by the Waggoner family when the gallant Pansy Walker foaled her are among them Pansys First incidentally is closely related to Hadagal the stallion being a full brother to Pansy Walker and this mare is perhaps the only one who will be bred to an outside stallion stallionThe The Crescent Oaks Ranch experiment Ing with thoroughbred horses for the first time experienced some ill luck during the first year Due to a variety of causes which have now been eliminated a majority of the mares lost foals foalsRecent Recent Experiences III Luck LuckAnother Another breeder new to Texas but who brings to the state a wealth of experience garnered in years past is R S Caldwell of Handley who like Crescent Oaks ran into some discouraging difficulties last year and this year losing a number of quality mares and foals Caldwell bought mostly in Texasr last year acquiring some fair brood mares He then decided to improve his stock and purchased some well bred matrons from Adolphe Pons Maryland breeder who has sold numerous horses to Texas breeders breedersFrom From Pons Caldwell secured the aged Princess dam of Bath the mighty jumper Target a good daughter of High Time Encyclopedia by Wise Counsellor Brittan ica by Teddy Footsure by Canter and Miss Tyra by Waygood He later bought the young daughter of Gino Sallys Alley known to racing as Ginos Alley and the good mare Cantersine by Canter Thom asine by Superman who unfortunately broke her leg recently after foaling a colt by Pharanor and was destroyed Caldwell later obtained two wellbred juveniles from Pons namely Smooth Blade a gray colt by Ladkin Tuckahoe arid Bit Player a sprightly filly by Display Talented by Chicle ChicleMrs Mrs Bonner Retires Top Fillies FilliesAnother Another Texan who should be heard from in breeding circles just as she is in racing today is Mrs H P Bonner well known Fort Worth socialite who recently retired four of her top racing fillies to the stud This step marks the creation of what will one day be an elaborate thor ¬ oughbred nursery at Hurst Texas The fillies were Good Taste by Diavolo Villy grarn by Granville Miss Victory by Zaca weista and Long Lane by Whiskalong out of Cherry Lane LaneThe The first two were bred to Nedayr young son of Neddie Sunayr by Sun Briar and the latter two were sent to Pondariel young son of Ariel standing at Col J O Harts fine place at Hurst Colonel Hart is asso ¬ ciated with Mrs Bonners husband him ¬ self a prime factor in the development of Mrs Bonners racing and breeding inter ¬ ests in the management of the Fort Worth Sand and Gravel Company one of Texas pioneer establishments establishmentsMrs Mrs Bonner will add to her initial group for breeding as she has more than 50 horses in training Some of the fillies will find their way to the nursery at the end of their racing days daysOther Other Women in Industry K KTwo Two others of the feminine sex who have embarked upon careers as breeders are Mrs J O Hart wife of the owner of Pondariel and her daughter Mrs Othel Hart Burmester who own the stakeswin ¬ ning mare Tweed and plan to add others within the next few months Tweed was a stakewinning mare in France and Eng ¬ land and was imported to the United States by the late Willis Sharpe Kilmer At his Newmarket Va breeding establish ment Tweed remained many years being bred to the great Sun Briar and presenting the late sportsman with Mixed Goods Nev erfade also a stake winner Sun Cheviot Sun Tweed and other winners winnersLater Later Tweed was acquired by Dr Harry A Burns of Tulsa Okla who after secur ¬ ing a couple of good foals from the matron disposed of her to Mrs Hart and Mrs Bur ¬ mester Tweed has been bred to Nedayr and if the two enthusiastic breeders get a good foal they plan to send the aged French matron to Pondariel in 1944 Another feminine breeder is Mrs R R Greenlee of Arlington who rejoices in the ownership of Fickle Chance the good daughter of Chance Play Miss Chicle who already has had one good foal and was bred to Out Bound for 1944 foaling Men ¬ tion of put Bound recalls that Mrs A R Smith in whose name that sires greatest son Through Bound races is a well known breeder breederMrs Mrs Mary G Browning Top o the Hill Arlington is another who has spent many 1 years in the fascinating pastime of trying to breed a colt or filly a little better than the previous one Mrs Browning takes a personal interest in the establishment that she and her husband Fred have built up and can generally be found any day close to the stables which shelter all the brood mares Royal Ford their own stallion and Nedayr Bud Burmesters stallion who also is standing there v
