128 TYPES AND BREEDS 



Foundation Stock. — In order to establisk a definite begin- 

 ning, the American Saddle Horse Breeders' Association orig- 

 inally accepted these sires as constituting foundation stock : 



Denmark (Thoroughbred) by Imported Pledgeford. 



John Dillard, by Indian Chief (Canadian). 



Tom. Hal (Imported from Canada). 



Cabell's Lexington, by Gist's Black Hawk (Morgan). 



Coleman's Eureka (Thoroughbred and Morgan). 



Van Meter's Waxy (Thoroughbred). 



Stump-The-Dealer ( Thoroughbred ) . 



Peter's Halcorn. 



Davy Crockett. 



Pat Cleburne, by Benton's Gray Diomed. 



Influence of the Thoroughbred. — The extent to which the 

 Thoroughbred has been involved in the origin and development 

 of the Saddle breed is shown by the following census of the 

 breeding of all individuals registered in Vol. I of the studbook : 



Thoroughbred 3 



50 per cent. Thoroughbred blood 50 



25 per cent. Thoroughbred blood 296 



12% per cent. Thoroughbred blood 343 



6^/4 per cent. Thoroughbred blood 152 



3 per cent. Thoroughbred blood 36 



Uncertain 203 



Denmark was a Thoroughbred, by Imported Hedgeford, of 

 whom little else is recorded, foaled in Fayette County, Kentucky, 

 in 1839. He never achieved great fame as a race horse, although 

 it is claimed that his races were characterized by unusual game- 

 ness and stamina. He had a numerous progeny, the most notable 

 of which was Gaines' Denmark, whose dam, the Stevenson mare, 

 was a great natural ambler, representing the then common stock 

 of the country and believed, by some, to be of greater foundation 

 importance than Denmark himself. 



Gaines' Denmark is considered the founder of the breed, 

 although other lines have since been developed from which good 



