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Wait A Bit Ends First New York Stud Season Aqueduct to Honor Sire Saturday Who Figured in Triple Dead Heat NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y., June 24.— Jack B. Ward, owner of Ward Acres Farm, a modern nursery farm only 25 miles from New York City, has reported that his new stallion, Wait A Bit, serving his first season in stud in New York, had covered 32 mares during the past breeding season and virtually all of them are in foal. Eleven mares already have been sent back to tneir home farms asdeiinitely in foal by manual examination. Seven have gone by their fortieth day, and seven more have gone well beyond their twentieth day. Wait A Bit, who figured in the triple dead heat at Aqueduct with Brownie and Bossuet some years ago, will be honored with a "Wait A Bit Handicap" race on Saturday at the Queens County course. Millions of people have seen Wait a Bit on Gillettes television show each Saturday for the past 10 weeks and have marveled at his beauty. Jean Bowman, the artist, is currently doing a painting of him. Wait A Bit, chestnut, 1939, by Espino — Hi Nelli, by High Cloud, won 19 races-and ran in the money 52 times — 15 times in stakes events. He raced during five seasons and won every season. W.ait a Bit has sired an impressive group of winners, including Predominate, Bit o Fate, Demand Note, Nostalgic, Seebit, Country Coz, Blazing Home, Fair Bit, Right Bit, Gulf Stream and Go A Bit. Last season, his stud fee was 50. Next year, it will be increased to 00, live foal guarantee.
