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foaled May 16, 1872, a date well remembered by Mr. Wallace 

 Estill, for it was his wedding day. Bred to Tom Telegraph, 

 Fancy produced Topsie. This mare was the dam of Topsie 

 Estill, by Mambrino Eric, the dam of Miss Cliff. 



The development of the industry as established today began 

 with the first interest in competitive exhibitions in which beauty, 

 grace of movement and stamina were the qualifications consid- 

 ered. Our early citizens tell of the great saddle horse shows of 

 the antebellum days. From this source of information we 

 learn that the Missouri saddle horse of that day was of splendid 

 type and finish. However, during the Civil war every horse 

 available for military use was drafted into service. At the con- 

 clusion of the civil strife but few remained and the horse industry 

 along with other agricultural and industrial enterprises began 

 life anew. 



Perhaps we may say it was in the early seventies that the 

 breeding and exhibiting of saddle horses had become so estab- 

 lished as to be of consequence. We are told by our older friends 

 of great shows in those days. The records, however, do not 

 antedate the early eighties, the beginning of the saddle horse era 

 in Missouri. At this time a keen interest had developed, and in 

 the rivalry incidental to owning and showing the best many promi- 

 nent stockmen through the central part of the State became 

 intensely interested. Kentucky was drawn upon for the best, 

 and the present-day records will disclose that the greatest sons 

 of the greatest sons of Gaines' Denmark 61, the best Denmark 

 of the Denmark family, were bought by Missourians and 

 brought to this State. It is here that the yesterday of the Mis- 

 souri saddle horse, as we positively know him, begins. We shall 

 not attempt to give the order in which these great horses were 

 brought to Missouri. Authoritative information in the matter 

 of dates is extremely hard to obtain, but a brief description of 

 the great horses tiiat, through their progeny, have made the 

 saddle horse industry of Missouri, is noted in this bulletin. 



