Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-03-24
A Well-Bred Horse.

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where one grew before is public
benefactor. Ii may be as truthful
ly said that he who imports a we'll
bred stallion into a community with
creditable performances on the track
or road. aud which possesses the re-
quisite size, bone, soundness and
good disposition, is also a benefac-
tor 10 his race. Such man is our
fellow -countian. William v. Wa
ters, who, at considerable cost, has
| recently brought into st. Mary's the
well-known and highly bred stallion,
Pat McGregor. 2.19l record made in
a race which he won.
Pat McGregor 2.lsl IS > beasti-
ful seal brown in color with little
white about the left hind pastern,
sixteen hands high. and OF dispo-
sition so kind that any lady used to
holding the reins over a high bred
and spirited horse can drive him
with perfect safety. On the pater-
nal side he is direct descendant of
the noted race horse sire, Robert Nc
Gregor 2.17l, sire of Crescius 1881,
and sire of 90 trotters and 6 PAGERS
that have trotted or paced in 2.30 or
better; the sire OF 80 that have sired
112 trotters and Al PAGERS, and the
sire of 80 dams that have produced
81 trOtters and Al PAGERS.
Fergus McGregor, the sire of Pat,
is q son of the great Robert and is
rapidly forging TO the front as sire
of speed. He is the sire of McJoe,
2.11l; Ding, 2.1li; New, 2.12l; lie
Roy, 2.13i, and the sire of the great
yearling, Pansy McGregor, who trot-
ted a mile at that age in 2. .23, and
has a race record of217s. His COM
plete list is ii trotters and Spacers.
He is also the sire of Ashland boy,
that has sired one that has trotted
in 2.3O or better, and Fergus has
sired five producing dams in addi-
ton.
The dam of Pat, Flora, is sister to
the dam of Pansy McGregor 2.174,
her dam being Cora2. %, and sheoutof
Lady, a Morgan mare, pedigree not
traced. Some of the greatest brood
mares in the Stud Book are untraced
producers. The second dam of Lou
Dillon, Fly, is untraced. The dams
OF George Wilkes, Abdallah Is, Alb
dallah l, and Mambrino Chief are
also untraced.
AS one does not produce grapes
from thistles, nor figs from thorns,
il stands to reason that these un-
traced mares were well bred, or
their sons could not have produced
such great results in the stud.
The sire of the dam of Pat Nc
Gregor was Coriander 426, record
2. 299, and Coriander's s dam was the
celebrated Clara Wood by Harry
Clay As, sire of the celebrated brood
mare Green Mountain Maid, with
nine in the list, and dam of Elec-
tioneer. Coriander 426 was by Iron
Duke 1S1 and be by Hamiltonian 10.
his dam being by Miller's Sir Hen
ry. Coriander is the sire of nine
that have trotted or paced in 2 30 or
better, and sire of the dams of nine
that have produced seven trotters
and four PAGERS that have performed
in 2.30 or better. AS for Iron Duke,
sire of Coriander, he also has nine
in the standard list.
The dam of Fergus McGregor, sire
of Pat, was Miss Monroe, also by
Iron Duke, making Pat inbred to
that good sire, while the dam of Miss
Monroe was by Guy Miller, another
son of Hambletonian 10. Nearly ev.
cry well posted horseman knows that
Robert McGregor 2.17a was by Ma
| ior Edsall 21l, sire of two in 2.3O OF
better, and sire Of six producing
sons, and that the Major in turn was
by Abdallah 15, and he by Hamble
tonian 10: To sum up, we find or
analyzing the blood lines of Pat Nc
Gregor that he traces 30 Hambleton
ian, the great father of trotters, four
times by direct descent, his only
outcross being Coriander's dam, Hat
tie Wood, who traces to Henry Clay
lS, founder of the Clay family. AS fol
Lady, his grandam, she is not only
the dam of Cora 2.25, but the dam oi
LIE Roy 213i, which places her il
the great brood mare list as ma
tron OF extreme speed. This is tn,
best argument that can be advanced
that she was bred in the purple, al
though her exact blood lines maj
never be known.
As for the McGregors, it woult
almost seem like carrying Goals I,
Newcastle to dwell at length Oh
their merits as track and genera
purpose horses. They not only pos
sess extreme speed, but the qualit,
without which no horse ever ach;eve,
fame and fortune on the track, abso
Lutte gameness. Robert McGregor'