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of Merryton and Prince of Wales were names to 

 conjure with in the Valley of the Clyde prior to 

 ANDREW MONTGOMERY'S powerful advocacy of "a thick 

 horse, richt at the grun." The upstanding type 

 with short ribs, no matter how nice in their "kits" 

 and hoofs, never appealed to him except as good 

 crossing material for the heavier-bodied Darnleys. 

 And ANDREW, like AMOS GRUICKSHANK, had a 

 brother who gave him stanch and ever intelligent 

 support. The partnership that became a familiar 

 one the world over as "A. & W. MONTGOMERY" was 

 formed, and the purchase of the famous Baron's 

 Pride, which proved the real foundation of the great- 

 est successes scored by the MONTGOMERYS, is credited 

 by Mr. MAC NEIL AGE, the keeper of the Scottish 

 Clydesdale seals, to WILLIAM. Doubtless, however, 

 this happy selection really represented a joint judg- 

 ment. Together they pressed actively the Clydes- 

 dale claims in every direction. They succeeded in 

 interesting certain of the nobility and large landed 

 proprietors of England. They personally visited and 

 made sales in continental Europe, Canada and the 

 United States, assisting conspicuously in the pro- 

 curing of great geldings to be exhibited at Toronto, 

 Chicago and elsewhere. Horses of their production 

 were fitted and shown for years at all the leading 



