Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-09-20
NEWS AMONG THE HORsEMEN
Items Of Interest to the Missouri
Horse Lovers-Rex Mcdonald an
Audrain and Galloway Horse

Men conversant with affairs pertain
ing to the horse will be interested to
notice the following clipping which
is going the rounds OF the press and
receiving due credit as copied from
the Paris Mercury; Monroe coun-
tlans claim that Rex Mcdonald is a
Monroe county horse, and only last
year his son Rex Blees, sold fors7, 800"
"Shades OF Bucephalus''-Rex Nc
Donald Monroe county horse! May
this never disturb the long sleep Of
Joe Mcdonald, r. T. Freeman or Bill
Davis, now gone TO their reward after
giving to Audrain and Galloway coun-
ties the reputation Of producing, de.
veloping and selling the greatest sad
die horse the world has ever known.
Bred in Audrain by an Audrain man
and sired by a Galloway owned stall
lion, Rex Denmark. Produced and
sucked by an Audrain mare that was
sired by an Audrain owned horse, Black
Sqirrel. Sold to and first exhibited
by an Audrain firm, r. T. Free nan
& Son and trained by that excellent
horseman, Bill Davis, of Fulton, pray
where in this brief statement Of facts
does the Mercury man find where
Monroe county has ''look in" toward
claiming Rex Mcdonald as a horse of
that county. This claim looks about
as right though as where the Mercury
tells its readers that Rex Blees sold
sold for 81 500. The latter pill should
be taken with great big grain Of salt
Herald the praises Of Monroe's S
grand and well bred horses, Mercury
man, but you will find that your read
inglmatter will receive more attention
and do more toward making reputa-
tion for your county's horses IL you
will stick to the facts. Missouri hor.
ses are now, and should be, considered
the greatest saddle horses Of the age,
but this reputation was made and
should be maintained by showing
themn and not by a lot Of "hot air"
coming from a misinformed "penci
pusher."
Hn. J. A. Potts has been asked to
again serve as the Judge Of saddle hor.
ses at the st. Louis Horse Show. Mr..
Potts will doubtless serve In this ca
pacity should his health permit. No
person is better qualified for this 20.
sition and no one could Judge with
more fairness and squareness than
Joseph A. Potts.
Lee Bros. shipped a load of horses
to the st. Louis market this week.
In the recent death of A. Z. Ash
brook, Of Kansas City, is a loss that
the entire horse world feels keenly.
Possessed Of an untiring zeal and en-
ergy the western horse interests owes
AANSH " ehC SheCA piloC VI t1lS kSQ-
tleman. The following from the pen
Of Miss Minnie Mcintyre, editor Of
Bit and Spur, Of which Mr.. Ashbrook
was manager, completes a most excel.
lent, but brief biographical sketch Of
bis life: MANY people and places
will miss the bluff, breezy personality
OF Elmer Ashbrook, who always par.
ried trouble with a smile and took life
as he found it-in good spirit with no
time for malice nor petty retaliation.
What better epitaph can a man need
than to say. he lived the best be knew
how"
o. P. Updegrapb and Mr.. Ashbrook
managed the two spring sales in this
city conducted by the Missouri Horse
Sale Co. He made many friends in
this vicinity who will miss him now
that he has passed to that great be-
yond.