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of distinction was Glancer (335), alias Thompson's Black Horse. 

 The Scotch studbook states that he was foaled about 18 10, 

 but 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 161 

 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 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. dan- 

 cer's dam, which died in 1827, was a famous brood mare, having 

 produced other superior foals. 



Broomfield Champion (95) was a notable stallion following 

 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 successful in the show ring, but his 

 chief distinction comes from being the sire of Glancer (153). 

 Broomfield Champion was brown with white hind pasterns and a 

 narrow white streak on the face. His name is most frequent in 

 early Clydesdale pedigrees. 



Clyde, alias Glancer ( 1 5 3), was owned by William Fulton of Ren- 

 frew County, a noted breeder, and was bred by Mr. Forest of 

 Lanark County. Though not a show animal himself, from 1844 

 to 1850 the leading honors of Scotch exhibitions went to the 

 produce of Clyde. He was dark brown in color and, having been 

 ruptured, was known as " The Ruptured Horse." Seven sons 

 and one daughter of his are recorded in the first volume of the 

 Scotch Clydesdale Studbook. Most of these sons proved later 

 to be sires of great merit, and were used in various localities in 

 improving the breed. 



Prince of Wales (673), foaled in 1866, bred by James N. 

 Fleming of the county of Ayr, and later owned by several dif- 

 ferent persons, was one of the two greatest Clydesdales in recent 

 history. He was sired by General (322), whose sire was Sir Walter 

 Scott (797), a great show horse and breeder, while his dam was 

 Darling, a mare of unknown breeding beyond one generation. 

 Prince of Wales was a dark brown horse with a white stripe on 



