The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-05-30
.AsDAnD BYRDE
REGISTERED

Sired by Jay Bird, George Wilkes first dam
Flora McGregor by Robert MEG regor second
dam Constance by Billy Denton, by Hamble-
roEian, 10; third dam by imported Consterna-
ton, thoroughbred.
BYRDE is a brilliant bay stands 1871 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 trOtting action. In
his breaking exercises, he showed a wonder
fully fine gait and remarkable speed for the
handling he has had. He does not Interfere
nor paddle, has q fine reach and knee action,
essential to extreme speed. He is bred to go
fast; he is built to go fast; he is gated to 20
fast; he can go fast, and is the ne ltest. 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,
2.O914, and some 30 others in 280 or better.
His dam is the famous Flora McGregor, trial
on half mile track 2.2712, and the dam Of four
that can beat 2.30.
All horsemen know what Robert McGregor
2.1716, is sire of Bonnie McGregor, 2l31S and 80
Others in $50 or better. He is known as the
terror of the home stretch" In his hard-
fought races, drivers who were against him.
say II 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
Hambletonian 10; is sire of two on the $50 list,
WllliG btic NlttLll WIS ny JlO tnCUt2Ddlautb
imported CONSERVATION, acknowledged by all
to be one of the greatest horses ever imported,
his blood is proving OF inestimable value as
the r0ck-bottom foundation OF trotters, he
being the grandsire and great-grandsire OF II
trotters in the 230 list, among them Lady
Emma Ebert, May II, Trinket, Principe, Ok
moor, Bernhardu, Allerton, &c.
We cannot over-estimate the value of the
CONSERVATION blood in the greatgran ddam
Byrde, being as 1t is In just the right Drox-
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-Electioneer hllles
sired by Don Ogden at the Haines Stock Farm.
Byrde 8 coils are large, with fine finish, good
feet, straight, clean legs, fine heads, plenty of
bone, we'll coupled, and deep through the
heart like their sire.
TERMS :-$35 two mares for $50l to insure a
mare with foal. He viii also be allowed TO
serve three mares that have records of go or
better, free of charge tor service.
Allerton and BYrde were sired by the same
horse viz: Jay Bird. AertOn's dam is q
mare of no speed, sired by Mamhrino Roy,
2.26. Mambrino Boy has five in the 80 list
Byrde's dam has trial of 2.2719, and she Is
the dam of four that can beat 80 ana was sired
by the iron race horse, Robert McGregor, 21712
and he has 30 in the 80 list. Breeders can
draw their own differences as to which horse
1s>SnQre likely to sire phenomenal speed
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