THE AMERICAN SADDLE HORSE I07 



Pure Thoroughbred blood 2 horses 



50 per cent. Thoroughbred blood 50 horses 



25 per cent. Thoroughbred blood 296 horses 



12J per cent. Thoroughbred blood 343 horses 



6i per cent. Thoroughbred blood 152 horses 



3 per cent. Thoroughbred blood 36 horses 



Total containing Thoroughbred blood 879 horses 



Uncertain blood 202 horses 



Total in Volume I (first edition) 1,081 horses 



Denmark F. S. (foundation stock). — In 1891, when the 

 saddle horse breeders organized their association, they 

 arranged a list of 14 sires, which were known as founda- 

 tion stock. After having revised the list many times, the 

 association, at the annual meeting in 1908, decided to 

 recognize Denmark, by Imp. Hedgeford, alone as founda- 

 tion. This position would seem justified since of the 

 2,981 horses registered in Volume I (revised edition), 

 i>653, or practically 55^/^ %, have direct male trace to Den- 

 mark F. S. ; in Voiume II, of 2,999 entries, 2,378, or prac- 

 tically 79.370. have direct male trace; while in Volume 

 III, of 2,997 entries, 1,998, or 66%%, have direct male 

 trace to Denmark F. S. In the total of 8,979 entries in 

 the three volumes, 6,029, or a little over 67%, have direct 

 male trace to the foundation sire. 



Denmark F. S. was bred by Samuel Davenport of Ken- 

 tucky, and was born in 1839. His sire. Imp. Hedgeford, 

 was a Thoroughbred, and his dam, Betsey Harrison, was 

 a Kentucky bred mare. Denmark F. S. was brown in 

 color, and an individual of much beauty. He was a game 

 and consistent four-mile race horse. Imp. Hedgeford 

 was a brown horse, born in 1825, bred by Mytton and 

 imported to Kentucky in 1832 by William Jackson. 

 Betsey Harrison was a bay mare, born in 1824, bred by 

 Davenport of Kentucky. She was by Aratus out of 

 Jenny Cockracy by Old Patomic. 



Denmark's descendants. — The most noted son of Den- 

 mark F. S. was Gaines's Denmark, often referred to as 



