Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-04-25
'MoNTRoSE"
Stock Farm.
sTUD THREE MILES EAST OF
Auxvasse, Galloway Co., Mo.
STALLION
IN SERVICE
"MONTROSE,"
FEE WORLD REEQKHEl SADDLE STALLION.

.-Montrose is q mahogany bay, l6
hands high, for style and finish pc has no equal.
He was sired BY Gays denmark, he by Gaines
Denmark be by old 4-mile race horse Denmark,
he by Imported Hedgeford LIST dam oy Halls
Glencoe, 2nd dam by Pest Boy. srd dam BY Jen-
5th dam by Imported St. George, 9Th dam by Inn
ported Eearfiaught, showing his preponderant
Blood IS thoroughbred Mon 1 se Is a E5and Pr;
year. He Is q graduate In almost every Iair IN
Ky. In lss0, handled by Jasper Offett, he took
the $500 Sweepstakes premium at Paris, ky., as
the best stallion of any age, IL being tbs third con-
secutrve year. Mr.. Offett also took the premium
with him at st. Louis as the best saddle stallion.
and took the premium Tor the best saddle horse,
and The grand sweepstakes for the best saddle
horse. mare or geiding. He Is the most uniform
breeder and the finest ring herseo on the contl-
nent. In 1854, a 3-year old mare by Montrose
took second premium at st. Louis I " the best
took first premiam il the same ring, and after-
ward sold for 81 zoo. In 1886. there was only four
Fair. Three Of the saddle rings were won by
horses got sy Montrose. also the park ring. In
1887 he took first premium at Kansas City, st.
Joseph and second at ST. LOUIS. His get took
first premium at ST. Louis IN 1887. saddle mare
any age ami saddle geiding any age. also a pair
of %geldings Of his get took hrst premium rs the
1887. a mare by Montrose took all the saddle
premiums and s, ,Sf r mIfe he nj pr an nm f tea the Sest ~ New
York horse, mare or geldlng, at Lexington, thus
showing that he Is The sire of more wtHners than
any olileE SduHiS SldiliOb n TIE Nbriu- lueTc Is
one of his get in KY, his owner having refused
S., 0Uo for him.
In 1883. he appeared again In the ring at the
st. Louis Fair, tor the last time) and took the
premium for the best saddle horse. mare or gel
ding. MontrOse is one of the haBdsomest horses
on the globe. AS a premium horse in the Saddle
Stallion Ring he has q remarkable record but
IN the Herd Ring tfor the best stallion with
| fiom three TO five of his getl he has been inyIn-
chile. This, OF course, lis the premium to which
| the breeder attaches the most importance, and
as u general rule 1t is peeuniarily much the larg-
est offered. FOR this premium Montrose has
been exhibited twenty-seven times at the most
prominent fairs in the country, meeting the most
celebrated herds. and on each occasion except
one, has the first prize been awarded 10 him, and
in every instance except one, by the unanimous
vote of the awarding committee.
1t il not the saddle gaits alone that he has In
herited from generation 10 generation In this
family, but also beauty o fform, style and action.
Montruse's Cults, out of all kinds OF mares, with
scarcely an exception. are handsome and stylish
and beautifully gated THE saddler OF q ma
ton, famous for its saddlers'. Mentrose stands
| without a peer. His colts sell for more money
than any saddle stallion living or dead. $500 to
81 600 is often obtained Tor his colts. and ire
quentiy 81 500 to So, coo.