The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-05-02
STANDARD BYRDE


Sired by Jay Bird, George Wilkes first dam
Flora McGregor by Robert McGregOr; second
dam Constance by Billy Denton, by Handle
uonian, 10; third dam by imported Consterna-
ton, thoroughbred.
BYRDE is a brilliant bay, stands l6A hands !;
will weigh about 1900 lbs He is a wonderfully
strong horse, deep through the heart,
>sloping shoulder, stout back, extra well
coupled, with immense bone and substance,
feet and legs the very best He Is very quick
and elastic with perfect trotting action. In
his breaking exercises, he showed wonder
fully fine gait and remarkable speed tor the
handling he has had. He does not interfere
nor paddle, has fine reach and knee action.
with the tree, open gait and hook action so
essential to extreme speed He is bred to go
fast he is built to go fast he is gated to go
fast he can go fast, and is the neltest, hand
soonest catcher we have ever seen in harness.
BYRDE is pronounced by competent
judges not only grand individual, but the
best bred Wilkes horse in the state of New
Jersey, being by Jay Bird, the sir of Allerton,
2O9lI and some 80 others in $50 or better
His dam is the famous Flora McGregor, trial
on half mile track 2.2715, and the dam of four
All horsemen know what Robert McGregor
is as a sire and a trotter. He has mark OF
2l71z is sire of Bonnie McGreyor, 2.l31<, and 30
others in $50 or better. He is known as 1.-THE
terror of the home stretch" In his hard
fought races, drivers who were against him.
say ii they didn't lead him ga distance at the
last quarter nothing could stop him from beat
ing them under the wire, that his finishes
were simply irresistible.
Billy Denton, sire OF second dam, was by
Hambletonian 10; is sire of two on the $50 list
while the third dam was by the Incompatible,
imported CONSERVATION, acknowledged by all
to be one of the greatest horses ever Imported,
his blood is proving OF inestimable value as
the rock-bottom foundation OF trotters, he
being the grandsire and greatgrandsire OF IA
trotters in the $50 list, among them Lady
Emma Ebert May FL, Trinket, Principe, Ok
moor, Bernhardt, Allerton, &C.
We cannot over-estimate the value of the
CONSERVATION blood in the great-granddam
Byrde, being as 1t is in just the right Drox-
unity to add courage, wind and bottom TO the
speed OF Robert McGregor ana George
Wilkes.
Byrde's owners secured him tor an outcross
for the Kentucky Prince-Electioneer fillies
sired by Don Ogden at the Haines Stock Farm.
Ryrde's col IS ATE large, with fine finish. good
feet, straight, clean legs, fine heads, plenty of
bone, well coupled, ana deep through the
heart like their sire.
TERMS :-$S5, 1.-TWO mares for $780, to insure q
mare with foal. He will also be allowed to
serve three mares that have records of $50 or
better, free of charge for service.
AllertOn and Byrde were sired by the same
horse VIE: Jay Bird. Allerton's dam is a
mare of no speed, sired by Mambrino Boy,
226. MamDrino Boy has five in the 80 list.
Byrde's dam has trial of 2271z, and she is
the dam of four that can beat $50 ana was sired
by the iron race horse Robert McGreg0r. 2.l718
ana he has 80 In the 80 list Breeders can
draw their own differences as to which horse
is more likely TO sire phenomenal speed.
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