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New Jersey Notes State Breeders Hail Nances Lads Swift Stakes Win Over Boston Doge _By ARTHUR E. JAMES FREEHOLD. N. J., May 7.— The results of the Swift Stakes have been chronicled not as a good or great win by Nances Lad, but as the end of Boston Doges phenomenal series of victories. However, to Jersey breeders and particularly to Mr. and Mrs. F. Wallis Armstrong. Jr., owners of Meadowview Farms, Moorestown. who stand Slide Rule, the sire of Nances Lad, his win is« much more noteworthy, for Nances Lad almost brought about Boston Doges downfall at Hialeah in the Bahamas Handicap during the winter season, and this in itself portended to make the Swift a most interesting contest. Furthermore, the Jersey breeders who are familiar with the racing record of Slide Rule know that he, too, had won the Swift Stakes twelve years ago in 1943 on a decidedly "off" track. In fact, the weather was so bad that day that the fans in the stands could not tell who had won until his number went up. . , . Mrs. Armstrong witnessed the running of the Swift Stakes that year when Slide Rule won this event by six lengths, defeating Bossuet and nine others. His performance so impressed her that she followed his career until he was retired to the stud farm of William E. Boeing at San Galvo, California. In 1950, the Armstrongs were advised that the Boeing estate was being dispersed and that among the stallions to be sold was Slide Rule. They spent several days deliberating the advisability of obtaining him for their stud. His pedigree, in itself, was of tremendous interest to them, for two of the great Meadowview sires were represented. On the distaff side of his pedigree, Slide Rules dam was Kings Idyll by Sir Gallahad III., who, of course, was by Teddy, who had been imported by F. Wallis Armstrong, Sr., and Kenneth Gilpin in 1931 and stood at Meadowview. Slide Rules sire was Snark, by Boojum, by John P. Grier, who also stood at the famed Meadowview Farms stud. After much study and review of their broodmare roster, they felt that Slide Rule definitely represented a good "nick" with several of their mares. The Armstrongs left for California and returned with Slide Rule. He has carried on Meadowview s heritage of producing fine horses. In 1954, he sired nine two-year-old winners including Sorceress, winner of the Polly Drummond Stakes: Measurement, Lord Rusty, Slide Apart, Decimal, Dorager, Mathematician, Seftons Pick and, of course, ances Lad. AAA Nances Lad is truly a New Jersey-bred for his dam was also a Meadowview horse having been bred by them in 1941. She is out of one of their foundation mares Comeover and by Case Ace, also a Meadow-view-bred horse. Comeover is the dam of Come Again who produced Eatontown. Nances Ace was sold by the Armstrongs to Hilton A. Dabson who won 13 races including the Suwannee, Gulf stream Park Inaugural, Nayatt Handicap and the Hialeah Inaugural Handicap. In the latter, she went the five and one -half furlongs in 1:03 Vs setting a new world record. It was natural and ultimately fateful that when Continued on Page Forty -Three New Jersey News By ARTHUR E. JAMES Continued from Page Twenty-Nine Dabson decided to retire Nances Ace, not having a farm of his own, that he should turn to Meadowview for advice. Meadow-view sold a half brother to Nances Lad at the 1954 Saratoga sales for 2,000 which was purchased by Mrs. A. L. Rand. Dab-son has a yearling full brother to Nances Lad at the present time whom he is expected to race himself. AAA The balloting in the leading fillies and mares poll, conducted by Delaware Park, has evoked much interest with New Jersey turf leaders. Horsemen such as Eddie Feakes and Marshall Lilly and racing officials such as Ed Brennan and Ty Shea have cast ballots in the poll. Ty Shea has placed the New Jersey-bred Regret on the top of his list, followed by Miss Woodford, Imp, Firenze, Twilight Tear, Top Flight, Bateau, Gallorette, Beldame and Bewitch. Ed Brennan, Monmouth Parks general manager picked Miss Woodford at the top of his list followed by Firenze, Regret, Top Flight, Beldame, Gallorette, Twilight Tear, Next Move, Bewitch and Busher. AAA Tommy Tault, Jay Cee Farms manager and trainer won the first race at Garden State Park on Tuesday with the Jersey-bred three-year-old Five-By-Five whom he had readied this spring on the farm race track at Lincroft and shipped to Camden only the week prior to the race. Tault is extremely fortunate in that in addition to the three-quarter mile training track, Jay Cee also has a one-fifth mile indoor track so that training activities can be carried on even in the poor weather. As part of its educational program, the Thoroughbred Horse Breeders Association of N. J. is conducting several field trips to thoroughbred farms for Rutgers University students of the School of Agriculture. The first trip will be on Monday, May 9 and will be to Chasmar Farm and the New Jersey Thoroughbred Veterinary Clinic where manager Frank Cook and resident veterinarian Dr. Joseph Evans will demonstrate the facilities and treatment given thoroughbred patients.
