The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-04-11
BYRDE
REGISTERED
STANDARD



Sired by Jay Bird, George Wilkes; frst dam
Flora McGregor by Robert McGregor: second
dam Constance by Billy Denton, by Hamble-
tonian, 10; third dam by imported Consterna-
BYRDE is a brilliant bay, stands lSs< hands /:
viii weigh about 1900 lbs. He is wonderfully
sbrOng-bu1lt 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 tr0tting action In
his breaking exercises, he showed a 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
Last; ne 10 built to go last; he is gated to go
last he can go fast, ana is the nedtest, 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 AIerton,
2O9Z, ana some 30 others in 230 or better
His dam is the famous Flora McGregor trial
on half mile track 2271< and the dam of four
that can beat 2.3G.
All horsemen know what Robert McGregor
Is as sire and a trotter. He has q mark OF
2.l71z, is sire of Bonnie McGreyor, 2lS5<, and 80
terror OF the home stretch In bis 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
ghile the third dam was by the incompatible
imported CONSERVATION, acknowledged by all
70 be one of the greatest horses ever Imported.
his blood is proving OF fnestimable value as
the rock bottom foundation OF trotters, he
being the grandsire ana great~grandsire OF "A
trotters In the z.30 list among them Lady
Emma Ebert, May II, Trinket, Principe, Ok
moor, BernhRrdJs Allerton, &C.
We cannot oyer-estimate the value of the
CONSERVATION blood in the greabgranddam
Byrde, being as it is In just the right orox-
unity to ADD courage, wind and bottom to the
speed of Robert McGregor and George
Wilkes.
Byrde's owners secured him tor an outcross
for the Kentucky Prince-Electioneer hilies
sired by Don Ogden at the Haines Stock Farm
Byrde's coils al 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 $50, two mares for $780, to insure a
mare with roal. He will also be allowed to
serve three mares that have records of $50 or
better, free of charge tor service.
Allerton and BYrde were sired by the same
horse VIZ: Jay Bird. Alierton's dam is a
mare of no speed, sired by Mambrino Boy,
2-26. MamDrino Boy has five in the 80 list.
Byrdes dam has trial OF 2.271z, and she Is
the dam OF four that can beat 80 and was sired
by the iron race horse, Robert McGregor. Blk
ana he has 80 in the 80 list. Breeders can
draw their own differences as to which horse
is more likely 10 sire phenomenal speed
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