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this date is questioned. The story is that Glancer was sired by 

 a black stallion named Blaze, bought in Ayrshire about 1780 

 and taken to Lanark for service. He was a stallion 16^ hands 

 high, perhaps had some coach blood, and possessed both style 

 and action. Blaze, in service to a mare known as the Lampits 

 mare, on the Lampits farm in Lanark, sired Glancer. The 



FIG. 53. Harviestoun Baroness (27086), champion and Cawdor Cup Clydesdale 



mare, Cupar, Scotland, 1912, and twice breed champion at the International Live 



Stock Exposition, Chicago. Imported by R. A. Fairbairn, New Market, New 



Jersey. From photograph by Strohmeyer, by courtesy of Mr. Fairbairn 



result of this union became more than locally famous, for from 

 him " nearly all the best animals of the present day are descended," 

 says the " American Clydesdale Studbook." Glancer's dam, which 

 died in 1827, was a famous brood mare, having produced other 

 superior foals. 



Broomfield Champion (95), foaled about 1820, was a notable 

 stallion and great-grandson of Glancer (335). He sired Clyde, 

 alias Glancer (153), Glancer (338), Bowman's Colt (1078), and 

 a number of great brood mares. Some of his offspring were 



