130 THE PORTRAIT GALLERY 
Almost immediately Baron’s Pride became the sire par excel- 
lence, his progeny sweeping show after show. Only twice was his 
supremacy threatened, once by his son and once by that peerless 
grandson of the Prince of Wales, Hiawatha. In his twenty-three 
years of life his blood made contacts that six years after his death 
link him to ninety percent of the living registered animals of his 
breed. During his career he earned upwards of $150,000 in ser- 
vice fees and showyard monies, and through the leasing of his 
sons, ANDREW MONTGOMERY not only nearly monopolized the stal- 
lion industry of Scotland, but by his genius so concentrated, so 
focussed the excellencies of the Darnley-Prince of Wales heritage, 
that it breeds on and on to the permanent and increasing improve- 
ment of the breed as a whole. 
Through his countless leases of Baron’s Pride’s sons, through 
his personal extension and visitation of America, Canada and the 
European continent, he has done more to further the breed’s 
development than any single figure since its establishment. He 
has visited the International and been breed arbiter at Toronto 
and St. Paul. His will was indomitable, his wit and judgment 
keen. To ANDREw MonTcOMERY more than to any individual 
living or dead is due the great constructive progress in Clydesdale 
type since the middle 70’s, and the crystallizing of the bloodlines 
that make Clydesdale breeding a work of almost scientific preci- 
sion. His death in 1912, separated only a few months from the 
demise of Baron’s Pride, abruptly sundered personal bonds that 
linked Clydesdale lovers of every land to Netherhall. ' 
