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was, in turn, the sire of the two-year-old filly, Queen of the 

 Roses, with a similar record, she bringing 1000. Also, 

 from the Prince of Wales came Cedric (1087), exported to 

 Scotland from the stud of Col. Robert Holloway, Alexis, 

 Illinois, one of the leading importers of Clydesdales in 

 America. From the Darnley line have come MacGregor 

 (1487), McQueen (3513), Baron's Pride (9122) (Fig. 4) 

 and his son Baron o' Buchlyvie, the highest priced stallion 

 of any breed ($47,500 at auction) and sire of Bonnie Buch- 

 lyvie, sold for $25,000, the second highest price on record ; 

 and in such as these the Clydesdale breeders secured that 

 combination of substance, quality and action, with right 

 set of legs, for which they had striven long and assidu- 

 ously. Beginning with a prototype coarse and weighty, 

 it was refined without loss of substance; and then by 

 concentrating their attention successively on style, 

 action, set of legs, slope of pasterns, through years of 

 criticism and discussion, the Clydesdale of to-day emerges 

 with the desired characteristics very pronounced. 



23. Purpose in the breeding. In their adherence 

 to quality, meaning thereby texture of bone, cleanness 

 of joints and fineness of skin and coat and feather, the 

 Scotch breeders made no mistake in so improving the 

 breed at an early day, for it has not only added to 

 the appearance of the individuals, to free them from the 

 charge of grossness of joints and coarseness of bone, but 

 it has also added materially to their durability under 

 the strain of steady service. Fineness of feather and 

 sloping pasterns seemed fine fancy points to the unin- 

 itiated, but a steady demand for them improved the 

 quality of the Clydesdale at a rapid rate. The breeders 

 previous to this had concentrated on action with a zeal 

 that has hardly been equaled by the breeders of any 



