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THIS GROUP of phofo- graphs that have a place of ton's office tell the greatest honor in Gilbert Darling- story in the National Stud Farm's Dancer, tured with the Kentucky Derby. The horse on the top left is Nearctic, the Dancer's sire; and on the top right, Natal- She HARRY GREEN SHOWS OFF TIMES VISITS STUD FARM $10 Million Value By FRANK RATCLIFFE of The Times Staff Ten million dollars worth of thoroughbreds now live at the National Stud Farm, five miles north of Oshawa. This incredible assessment was made by F. Gil Dar- lington, managing director of the farm. Of the 275 head there now (some will leave at the end of the summer) Mr. Darlington valued the studs at $4,000,000 and breeding stock at $6,000,000. Total value of the farm is $20,000,000. Annual upkeep. is around $75,000. Where do these Kings and Queens of the breeding world come from? Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba and Al- berta, Maryland, Virginia and Kentu were among places mentioned, and mares are sent to the farm from all across Canada. "The farm is intended for the small breeder who does not have his own facili- ties,' Mr. Darlington said. If it is facilities one wants, the 50-odd employees are ma, his dam. The bottom photographs in the above picture show the finish of the derby, the presentation more than capable of pro- viding them. "Tf the owner simply wants to keep his, mare at the farm, and gave her taken periodically to the track, the service will cost him $12 per day. If, on the other hand, he wishes to have her foaled, and the foal trained, the cost is around $6,500, including a basic stud fee of $2,500." The fee varies, of course, with the breeding lines of the stud, and top price belongs to Northern Dancer, the farm's Number One Son. "The Dancer', winner of 14 out of 18 starts, and Can- ada's top race horse with purses totalling $580,806, was Canada's "Horse-of-the- Year" and champion three- year-old for 1964. Forced by a leg injury to retire from the track last year, his stud fee is a whopping $10,000. His "appointment book" is full. / "He has an unbelievably high percentage of mares in foal,' Mr. Darlington said. to Mr. an Mrs. E. . Ta lor and the stretch run at Churchill Downs Photos by Allan Bailey-« Placed On Horses A total of 99 foals have been born at the farm so far this year, a healthy figure con- sidering that between 75 and 100 are expected each sea- son. A tribute to Northern Dan- cer's greatness is the fact that he provided Mr. Dar- lington with his biggest mo- ment. "IT would have to say my biggest thrill in all those 30 years was watching 'The Dancer's' 1964 Kentucky Derby win from a hospital bed," he said. It is safe to assume the sight of the lit- tle three-year-old galloping down the home = stretch ahead of the pack did much to help cure. Mr. Darlington's ills. But Northern Dancer is only one of many great horses on the 1,700-acre farm, (an increase of over 1,300 acres since millionaire industrialist E. P. Taylor purchased it in 1950), and he is only one of a long list of winners sired there. He was sired in 1961 by Nearctic, out of Natalma, and is back in the company of his sire and dam. His $100,000 full sister, Arctic Dancer, owned by Jean- Louis DMvesque, also occu- pies a stall. Nearctic was OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, JU' bait FAMED Canada's '"'Horse - of - the year" in 1958, Victoria. Park, Canada's "Horse-of-the-Year" in 1960, has also taken up residence, along with such track no- tables as Grey Monarch, Bull Page (Canada's *'Horse-of-the-Year" in 1951) Canadian Champ (Canada's "Horse - of-the- Year' in 1956), and Canadian Triple Crown winner, New Providence. The farm has produced 13 of the last 17 Queen's Plate Oshawa Time 17, 1965 winners, from Epic in 1949 to Northern Dancer in 1964, and the victory of Whistling Sea, a western horse, in this year's classic might be ex- pected to be a disappoint- ment, Not so. 'We were all happy to see Whistling Sea win," Mr. Darlington said. "It was a great thing for racing." To what does the man- aging director attribute suc- cess at the farm? Partly to a diet providing the optim- um amount of vitamins and KRhdh Gi DHE HARES minerals, developed over 207 years by himself in conjunce " : tion with Dr. Ivan Sparling-- head nutritionist at. Pioneer Feeds, "We are careful to incpr-* porate new findings into the . diet," he added, "and we raised all our plate winners _* on it. We stopped winning this year on unlucky 13." * Maybe s0, - but strolling * through the farm, literally ~ gasping at the equine, beauty there, one gets the distinct impression there " won't be an abundance of* "unlucky 13's". ;