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: 1 4 New Jersey By PETER COLE Erlangers Long Horse Enthusiasts Their Woodside Stable Busy Place Have Stock Here and in Ireland FREEHOLD, N. J., June 1. For a number of years the William Erlangers of Park Avenue, Oakhurst, have been breeding and racing thoroughbreds as Woodside Stable on both sides of the Atlantic. Horse enthusiasts since childhood, both Mr. and Mrs. Erlanger have r owned numerous horses, she as a devotee of the hunting field, he as a competent polo player. About eight years ago they became absorbed in the thoroughbred, having been indoctrinated into this particular breed of the equine animal through the racing stable owned by their son, Michael. Since that time they have kept a small band, of broodmares and have bred for their own racing interests both here and in the British Isles. Prior to Mr. Erlangers retirement from the textile industry a year ago, Mrs. Erlanger directed the interests of Woodside Stable almost single-handed. For the last year her husband has assumed many of the cumbrous, details involved in breeding and racing their stock, a charge which he approaches with gusto and complete enjoyment. Every morning Erlanger looks over the horses quartered at the 20-stall barn at the farm, watches the workouts and exercising on the half-mile turf ovaljjind is always on hand in the saddling area .when one of their liorses goes postward under the direction of trainer J. Bowies Bond. Mrs. Erlanger, widely known in the canine world as an astute judge and a breeder of champion poodles, was a key figure in the organization of the Canine Corps during World War II. For five years she served as civilian consultant to the quartermaster general in Washington and was later decorated for her contributions to the American war effort. She has brought into her thoroughbred breeding program a keen understanding of bloodlines and heredity which have enabled her to" supervise the bookings of her maies to the most appropriate stallions. AAA Woodside Stable keeps two mares in Ireland at the Middleton Park estate of Col. Harold Boyd-Rochfort in West Meath. The mare Piping By, who is by . Piping Rock, dropped a bay colt by Tudor Minstrel in Ireland this spring and has been bred to the English sire Cagire II. The American-bred mare Show Time, by Eight Thirty, is also in Ireland. One of her sons is the three-year-old Gaudeamus, by Olym-pia, who broke the five-furlong record at Monmouth Park last year in :58. Gaudeamus is resting up this year at the Oakhurst farm, following therapy for a training injury sustained as a two-year-old. At the secluded 100-acre farm in Oakhurst, located not far from Monmouth Park, domestic and foreign-bred horses go through their paces under the management of Bernard Garrettson, former jockey and conditioner who is well known in Maryland and New Jersey. At the farm this spring the Erlangers have several yearlings, one of them an imported chestnut cpit; bred in England, -by Maharaja Kumar out of Queen of the Wye; another, an imported brown colt by Continued on Page Forty-Three NEW JERSEY I By PETER COLE Continued from Page Nine Propitiation out of Aerial Lass. A third imported colt, a black youngster called Minstrel Show, by Tudor Minstrel out of Show Time, is spending the spring season at the Festoon Farm of Mrs. Erlangers brother, Allison Stern, in Scobeyville. Mr. Stern, once a gentleman jockey who traveled widely in steeplechase competition, raises jumpers at his farm and each year sends several over the hurdle courses at Monmouth Park anfi on the New York circuit. In the yearling filly department at Woodside Stable is a bay named Sibling, by Heliodorus out of imported Albany Isle. This filly is out of the fine Jamaica Inn mare presented to Mr. Stern as a birthday gift from his sister, from whom he now has the two-year-old chestnut colt Speckled Band, by Golestan. An imported bay filly named Iolanthe, by Panorama out of Piping By, rounds out the yearling stock. AAA Several two-year-olds are also quartered at the farm and will be prepped for late season racing or will be reserved until next year. These include a bay filly named Madame, by Johns Joy out of Bird Haven, by St. Germans, and an imported bay filly called Flibbertigibbet, by Palestine out of the Tourbillon mare Gregos. This fine-looking filly is exercised regularly by an attractive young neighbor of the Erlang-ers Mrs. Patricia Wells, who virtually grew up at the Oakhurst Stable and has an excellent way with thoroughbreds. Trainer J. Bowes Bond has had nine of the Erlanger horses at Garden State during the spring meeting and will move them to Monmouth Park next week. These include the five-year-old imported Rasper H., a son of Owen Tudor out of Red Sunset by Solario, marked for eventual stud duty at Woodside Stable; the three-year-old English-bred V. S. O. P., also by Owen Tudor out of Princess Beautiful; and a four-year-old colt named Imperative, by Star Pilot out of Gala Forever. Gala Forever, by Gallahadion, is out of .-Forever Yours, the dam of Eternal Reward and Mahmoudess. The three-year-old Pipers Song, by Spy Song out of Piping By, is the lone representative of the distaff in the older group .now racing. The three-year-old bay geldinglnventory My Request August Folly, by Balladier, and chestnut colt Trove Loser Weeper Teaneck Madcap, by Head Play may join the racing stable later in the season. Five juveniles are also being campaigned this season by trainer Bond. All American-bred, they include the fillies Infanta Double Jay Royal Highness, by Reigh Count, Scarlet Tanager Double Jay Red Sky, by Sky Raider, and Oh Please My Request Tigrell, by Tiger . The two-year-old colts in Bonds charge are Pantheon, by Hill Prince out of the Wise Counsellor mare Countess Wise, and Corso, by Tuscany out of Evening Shot, by Chance Shot. The Panorama mare Plurabelle has been bred to Tuscany The Rhymer Roman Matron, who stands at Mrs. Samuel M. Pistorios farm in Ellicott City, Md. The mare Ria Mooney by Royal Charger out of Conquest by Winalot, dropped a bay filly by Alsab in April and has been bred to Johns Joy. As a point of interest, this mare was named for Miss Ria Mooney, director of the Abbey Players of Ireland, and long-time friend of the Erlangers, who is now making a spring visit at the Oakhurst farm. Later in the summer the Erlangers plan to visit their mares in Ireland and to witness the racing performances of their three-year-old filly Sage Femme Le Sage Sylvias Grove, by Fairway, and two-year-old filly Honor System Fair Trial Denver Star, who are presently racing at Newmarket with trainer Geoff ery T. Brooke. Meantime, Mrs. Erlanger is headed for a tour of South Africa, realizing a long-dreamed ambition to visit Victoria Falls and the game preserves of the Dark Continent. Woodside Stable has enjoyed considerable success in winning purses over the years, but one incautious move still haunts Mrs. Erlanger. Several years ago she offered the mare Stamp Album Dauber in foal to Faultless at the Fall Keeneland Sales, let her go for a small price because she wished to limit the size of her broodmare band. As luck would have it, the bay colt that arrived the following spring was Ben A. Jones, stakes winner of nearly 00,000 for his present owners, Harry D. Maggio and J. J. Gregory.
