OF THE SADDLE AND SIRLOIN CLUB 343 
Dragon was sired by Kronstadt (44910), he by Lycene 21630, 
and he by Cocardos 16949. This latter horse was first prize 
three-year-old at the World’s Columbian Exposition, but was 
sold from pillar to post following that period, being acquired 
by W. S. Corsa in 1901. He begot extraordinarily good colts, 
but was used only on grade mares. Kronstadt’s dam was by 
the notable Villers, imported by Mr. DunHam, and bought back 
by him after seven years of use on grade mares in Wisconsin. 
Villers was surpassed as a sire previous to 1900 only by Bril- 
liant 3rd and Besigue. Dragon’s dam Resida was generally 
considered to be the best brood mare of her time in France and 
perhaps of the breed of all time. She not only produced two 
International grand champions already referred to, but also 
another stallion of tremendous importance to American breed- 
ing, the horse Hisse Haut, head of the Robison Stud, Pekin, III. 
