28 THE BREEDS OF LIVE-STOCK 
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 faney 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 
