Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-05-09
"MONTROSE,"
THE WORLD-REsoEKED SADDLE STALLION.

PEpIGREE-- -Montrose is q mahogany bay, 1s
hands high. for style and fnish he has no equal.
He was sired by Gays denmark. he BY Gaines
Drnmark. he by old 4-Taiie race horse Denmark,
he by Imported Hedgeford 1st dam by Halls
Glencoe, 2nd dam by Pest Boy. 3rd dam by Jen-
SIN dam ny Imporfed sf George, 6lh dam by I'm
ported Fearnanght, showing his prep0nderant
bleud IS thoroughbred Monirose is grand pre-
MUM horse having taken 500 in premiums in
year. He is a gradaste In almost every fair IN
nv, In lssu, handled by Jasper Ofett, he took
the $500 Sweepstakes premium at Paris, ky., as
the best stallion OF any t being the third con-
secut,ve year. Mr.. offea also took the premium
with HIM at st. Louis as the best saddle stallion.
Ia 1855, he appears again at the st. Louis FAR
and the grand sweepstakes for the best saddle
horse, mare or geiding. He is the most uniform
breeder and the finest ring harse on the conti-
nent. III 1854, a 3-year old mare by Montrose
took second premium at St. Louis tor the best
saddle mare any age. In 1855 TIE same mare
took first premi,.m In the same ring, and after-
ward sold for 81 10 In 1sS6 there was only four
saddle rings and one park ring az 81. Louis
horses got t.y Montrose. alse the park ring. In
1887 he took first premium at kassas City, st.
Joseph and second at ST. LOUIS. His get took
iirsr premium at st. Louis In 1887. saddle mare
ans age and saddle geiding any age, also a pair
of geldings OF his get took first premium rs the
best pair of buggy mares or geidings. In Ky., in
1887, mare by Montrosa took all the saddle
premiums for mares at all the leading tairS OF
Nv, and also took The premium for the best New New
showing that he is he sire of More wtaners than
any other sad lie stallion IN the world. There ts
one of his get in KY, his owner having refused
s., ,o0o for him.
la fsss. he appeared again in the ring at the
ST. Louis Fair, tfer the last time) and took the
premiun for the best saddle horse. mare or gel
ding Montrose is one of the handsomest horses
on the globe As premium horse in the Saddle
Stallion Ring me has remarkable record but
m The Herd Ring ffor the best stallion with
ftom three TO 1--WE of his gep he has been inyip-
chile. This, OF course. is the premium to which
the breeder attaches The most Importance, and
as general rule II is pecuniariiy much the larg-
est offered. FOR this premum>liontrose 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 to him, and
in every instance except o.ir, by the unanltAous
vote of the awarding committee.
1t /. not the saddle gaits alone that he has in
herited from generation To generation In this
family, but also beauty ofform. style aud action.
Montruse's colts. out Of all kinds of mares, with
scarcely an exception. are handsome and stylish
and beautifully gated THE saddler OF ma
ton famous Tor its satidlersa. Montrose stands
without peer. HIS etlts Sell for more money
than my Saddle stallion living or dead. $500 to
81 tat0 j. often obtained tor his colts, and IRE
quenI'y 81 500 to 81, ,eo1.