124 THE BREEDS OF LIVE-STOCK 
son mare 43, a brown saddle mare by Cockspur, the latter 
a saddler of one-half or three-fourths Thoroughbred blood. 
In 1850, Gaines’ Denmark 61 was foaled, out of the Steven- 
son mare. He was the greatest of the sons of Denmark. 
He served through the Civil war, along with John Dillard, 
another famous saddler. Nine-tenths of the successful 
modern sires trace directly to Gaines’ Denmark. Follow- 
ing the war there came a craze for speed horses, and many 
of the best saddle mares were stinted to trotting stallions, 
much to the detriment of the saddle horse. 
In 1891, the American Saddle Horse Breeders’ Associa- 
tion was organized. In its stud-book were inserted the 
names of the “ foundation stock.”” In most of these foun- 
dation stallions there was a strong admixture of Thorough- 
bred blood, and many of them trace their lineage through 
Denmark’s dam. In 1901, after ten years of careful work, 
the list of foundation stallions was revised to include the 
following ten horses: Denmark, John Dillard, Tom Hal, 
Cabell’s Lexington, Coleman’s Eureka, Van Meter’s Waxy, 
Stump-the-dealer, Peter’s Halcorn, Davy Crockett and 
Pat Cleburne. 
138. Notable sires and dams. — John Dillard was by 
Canada Chief out of Lady Jackson, which was a daughter 
of Blackburn’s Whip, which was by Imp. Whip, and he was 
by Imp. Saltram. Imp.Saltram got the Saltram mare, and 
she was the dam of Jenny Cockracy, which produced 
Betsey Harrison, the dam of Denmark; Jenny Cockracy 
also produced Susette, the dam of Berthune, the sire of 
Van Meter’s Waxy, another of the foundation list. This 
illustrates the constant interweaving of the same Thorough- 
bred blood that characterized the early breeding efforts. 
The same intricate interrelationship could be traced for 
the other foundation stallions if space permitted. 
