The Horse in America: A practical treatise on the various types common in the United States, with something of their history and varying characteristicsSpeed, John Gilmer
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The Horse in America: A practical treatise on the various types common in the United States, with something of their history and varying characteristics
Speed, John Gilmer
Horses
┌── Imp. Fearnaught
┌── Symmes' Wildair
│ └── Jolly Roger Mare
┌── Director
│ │ ┌── Harris' Eclipse
│ └── Eclipse Mare
│ └── Daughter
┌── Aratus
│ │ ┌── Sir Peter Teazle
│ │ ┌── Imp. Sir Harry
│ │ │ └── Matron
│ └── Betsey Haxall
│ │ ┌── Imp. Saltram
│ └── Saltram Mare (Timoleun's dam)
│ └── Daughter
Betsey Harrison
│ ┌── Florizel
│ ┌── Imp. Diomed
│ │ └── Sister to Juno
│ ┌── Potomac
│ │ │ ┌── Pegasus
│ │ └── Fairy
│ │ └── Nancy McCullock
└── Jenny Cockracy
│ ┌── Eclipse
│ ┌── Imp. Saltram
│ │ └── Virago
└── Saltram Mare (Timoleun's dam)
│ ┌── Symmes' Wildair
└── Daughter
└── Daughter
That is pretty good breeding, even though the ancestors of Potomac might
not pass muster with those who look very closely back through the
sixteen generations. It may be that this so-called “cold-streak” in
Denmark, through his maternal great grandsire, was just what was needed
when he was mated with the Kentucky mares whose produce has given him
enduring fame.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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