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shoulders, his withers being high and well furnished with muscle. 

 His neck was perhaps rather short, and his fore feet might have 

 been stronger. Taken all in all he was a most massive and weighty 

 cart horse. Sir Everard was owned by Mr. VVm. Taylor, Park 

 Mains, Renfrew, and in 1888, 1889, and 1890 was awarded the 

 Glasgow premium. Mated with daughters of Prince of Wales 

 (673), he proved a most successful sire, and two of his sons. The 

 Summit (9442) and Sir Morell Mackenzie (9614), like himself, were 

 awarded the Glasgow premium. It was, however, when mated 

 with a mare of Darnley descent that Sir Everard achieved his 

 highest distinction, and in his son. Baron's Pride (9122), was found 

 the most successful breeding stallion the Clydesdale breed has 

 produced. 



Baron's Pride was bred by Messrs. Findlay, Springhill, Bail- 

 lieston, in 1890, and in 1893 was purchased by Messrs. A. & W. 

 Montgomery, Kirkcudbright. In 1894 he was champion male 

 Clydesdale at the Highland and Agricultural Society show at 

 Aberdeen, and after 1896 he dominated the Clydesdale world. His 

 stock led in the show ring almost regularly from that date, and in 

 1908 he again headed the list of winning sires, while among the 

 first twenty of these sires many of his sons found a place. It is 

 difficult to describe Baron's Pride, just because he was a horse of 

 such evenly well-balanced merit. Having since 1894 until his death 

 on 20th December, 191 2, been kept in hard breeding condition, 

 his measurements would not afford a fair comparison with those of 

 horses fed and kept for showing. However, it may be said that he 

 stood fully 17 hands high, and was very proportionately built. The 

 quality of his bone, its breadth and thinness, with cleanness and 

 hardness, were the thing wanted by Clydesdale breeders, while his 

 feet and pasterns were respectively of the formation and " set " 

 required. When taken to Kirkcudbright in 1894 he was mated 

 with mares got by Macgregor (1487), and the combination proved 

 successful to a degree. He also mated very successfully with 

 animals of Prince of Wales descent, the most outstanding repre- 

 sentative of which tribe in his time was the handsome and most 

 successful show stallion Hiawatha (10067). The premier position 

 among sires so long held by Baron's Pride (9122) was taken by 

 his son, Baron of Buchlyvie (11263), which in December, 191 1, was 

 sold by public auction at the record price for a draught stallion of 



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The Clydesdale is in high favour with foreign and colonial 

 buyers, as the following figures from the records of the Clydesdale 

 Horse Society show: — 



