The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-05-16
BYRDE


Sired by Jay Bird. George Wilkes; first dam
Flora McGregor by Robert McGFegor; second
dam Constance by Billy Denton, by Handle
JOnian, 10; third dam by imported Consterna-
ton, thoroughbred.
BYRDE is brilliant bay, stands 1881 hands;
will weigh about 1900 lbs. He is a wonderfully
strong built 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 trotttng action. In
his breaking exercises, ne showed wonder
fully fine gait and remarkable speed tor the
handling be has had. He does not interfere
nor paddle, has fine reach and knee action,
with the tree, open gait and mock 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 "a grand individual, but the
best bred Wilkes horse In the state OF New
Jersey being by Jay Bird, the sir of Allerton,
2OoL, and some 80 others in 2.30 or better
His dam is the famous Flora McGregor, trial
on half mile track 2.2I15, and the dam OF four
All horsemen know what Robert McGregor
is as sire and trotter He has mark OF
2l71< is sire of Bonnie McGre sor, 2.1317, and 30
Others in $50 or better. lie is known as 1.-THE
terror of the home stretch" In his hard
fought races, drivers who were against him,
saw IL they didn't lead him "a 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
HamDletOnian 10; Is sire of two on the $50 list
while the tnlrQ Gam was Dy Inc 1ncOmDaraDic
imported CONSERVATION, acknowledged by all
10 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
tr0tters in the ESQ list, among them Lady
Emma, Ebert, May I'll, Trinket, Principe, Ok
moor, BernhardJ Allerton, sc.
We cannot oYer-estimate the value of the
CONSERVATION blood in the great-granddam
Byrde, being as it is In just the right prox-
unity to add courage, wind and bottom to the
speed of Robert McGregor and George
Wilkes.
Byrde's owners secured him for an outcross
for the Kentucky Prince-Eiectioneer nllies
sired by Don Ogden at the Haines stock Farm.
Ryrde 3 col IS az large, with fine finish good
feet, straight clean legs, fine heads, plenty of
bone, well coupled, and deep through the
heart like their sire
TERMS :--$35, 1.-TWO mares for $50,) to insure a
mare with foal. He will also be allowed to
serve three mares that have records OF 230 or
better, free of charge tor service.
Allerton and BYrde were sired by the same
horse Viz Jay Bird. Allertons dam is a
mare of no speed, sired by Mambrino Boy,
| 226 MamDrflo Boy has five in the 80 list
| Byrde's dam has a trial OF 22718 and she is
| the dam of four that can beat 80 ana was sired
| by the iron race horse, Robert McGregor, 2.l71<
and he has 80 in the 80 list Breeders can
draw their own differences as TO which horse
| is more likely 10 sire phenomenal speed.
Limited positively to SO mares.