1/22/17 Chester Dare 10

Chester Dare hasn't appeared on a horses registration papers in decades, however, he is one of the old sires that had an indelible impact on the breed.  He undoubtedly shows up as an ancestor somewhere on the majority of American Saddlebreds.  He was foaled in 1882, died in 1904 and lived his entire life in Kentucky.  His breeder, Will Garrett owned a lovely mare named Nannie Garrett, and he greatly admired the stallion Black Squirrel.  Perhaps they shared many traits, as Nannie Garrett and Black Squirrel each had the same 2nd dam, Betty.  Betty was bred to Giltner's Highlander to produce Black Squirrel's dam, Mollie BHF.  She was bred to a son of Giltner's Highlander to produce Nannie Garrett's dam.  Shortly after Nannie Garrett foaled in 1882, JC Graves, Black Squirrel's owner, stopped in to see the colt and ended up buying him from Will Garrett.  Graves' wife suggested naming him Chester Dare, after the hero in a book she was reading entitled Zilpah.

Chester Dare proved to be a good five gaited show horse, despite the fact that he'd lost an eye as a 3 year old after being struck by his groom.  Not long after winning the stallion stake at the St Louis, Missouri Fair, Mr. Graves was approached by Edward McCormack who ended up purchasing the stallion. McCormack owned the stallion, either solely, or in partnership with other owners, for the rest of Chester Dare's lifetime.  A horse of great beauty, Chester Dare was a mahogany bay, noted for his extremely high head carriage.  He passed the traits of his long double hinged neck on to his offspring. When Chester Dare was 9 years old, the newly formed National Saddle Horse Breeders Association was registering horses.  When asked what number he would like assigned to Chester Dare, Mr. McCormack chose the number 10.  He hoped Chester Dare 10 would prove as important to the Saddle Horse breed as Hambletonian 10 was to the Standardbred breed.

Chester Dare had many offspring that were good show horses.  Although there is no longer a stallion line leading directly to Chester Dare, many of his sons were good breeding horses.  Dignity Dare, John Rockefeller, Blue Chester, My Dare and My Own Kentucky were all good show horses that in turn became good sires.  Undulata Dare, Royal Chester, King Chester and Crespus Dare were good breeding sons.  I first heard of Chester Dare when I bought my second horse from Dr. Elrod.  He pulled out her pedigree, which his secretary had typed onto a page for in his notebook.  He pointed out many individuals in her pedigree, but then pointed to her 4th dam and said, "she's by Crespus Dare, he was a son of Chester Dare."

As good as his sons were, Chester Dare's daughters have kept him relevant.  They were beautiful, numerous, and great producers.  They included Carolina, great granddam of CH Lady Carrigan, Ella Rodman BHF, Gladys Twigg, Margaret Weissinger, Zuleika, Gypsy Queen 2nd, Miss Madison and Undine.

Here are pictures of Chester Dare and his offspring, with the stallion sons and grandsons first.

Blue Chester

Dignity Dare

Among his descendants were Alexander Monroe, Louisville Lou, Queen Anne of Windsor and Starheart Stonewall

John Rockefeller

He is in the pedigree of Helen Highwater and CH Main Glitter

My Dare

Among his descendants are WGC Chief of Spindletop, Arletha's Easter Cloud, WGC Daneshall's Easter Parade, WGC My-My, and Titleist

Doctor Dare by My Dare by Chester Dare

My Major Dare by My Dare by Chester Dare

My Own Kentucky 

His descendants include WGC Beau Woolf and WGC Chief of Spindletop

Kentucky Choice by My Own Kentucky by Chester Dare

Madison Dare by Chester Dare

Mountain Peavine by Mountain Dare by Chester Dare

Welcome Dare by Dickery Dare by Undulate Dare by Chester Dare

And now for the daughters of Chester Dare.  

Princess Sonia was WGC 3 gaited horse in 1909.  No picture available.

Margaret Weissinger was the dam of Bourchester and General Fochs.

Both these stallions were sired by Bourbon King. 

General Fochs out of Margaret Weissinger by Chester Dare

Ella Rodman BHF with her stud colt Bourbon Star.  

Interestingly, Ella Rodman's dam was named Zilpah, the same name as the title to the book which featured the hero Chester Dare. 

Carolina

Originally named Toledo, my home town, but I prefer Carolina.  

For more on Carolina, here is a post from 2013.

http://theamericansaddlebred.blogspot.com/2013/04/41813-blogspot-allows-me-to-see-which.html

 

Gipsy Dare was a good show mare by Chester Dare

Gypsy Queen 2nd, yet another daughter of Chester Dare

Oklahoma Peavine had Gypsy Queen 2nd as his 2nd dam.

He sired WGC A Sensation, WC Love Affair and My Golden Dawn BHF

Daisy Jemison by Chester Dare was the dam of two daughters in the BHF

Lena Jemison BHF

Katherine Grigsby BHF

Jean Coventry was a daughter of Katherine Grigsby

Gladys Twigg by Chester Dare was dam of Jack Twigg and granddam of Silver Flash. 

She also traced to Genius Bourbon King, Starheart Stonewall, and Broadland's Captain Denmark.

Jack Twigg out of Gladys Twigg

Silver Flash was a greatgrandson of Gladys Twigg. 

Miss Madison by Chester Dare had an amazing family.

Her son Chester Peavine sire Princess Eugenia, dam of CH King's Genius.

Miss Madison was also the granddam of Ware's Sensation, who was the dam of Sensation Rex and WGC A Sensation.  Miss Madison also traced to Vanity's Sensation and Beau Peavine.

Chester  Peavine 

Elizabeth's Choice was a granddaughter of Crespus Dare by Chester Dare. 

Patsy Palmer by Chester Peavine

Poetry of Motion

was a great granddaughter of Chester Dare

Undine was a daughter of Chester Dare.  She produced San Vicente, who in turn

sired San Juan and Jane Black BHF.  Jane Black was the dam of Anacacho Denmark. 

San Juan was a grandson of Undine

Please visit The American Saddlebred Blog's Face book page and like it!

https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-American-Saddlebred-Blog/239612032866209

12/26/16 Wild Wind BHF, her bottom line legacy part 6

The final installment of the Wild Wind series showcases all those horses lucky enough to carry Wild Wind on their bottom line.  It was easy enough to find photos of many descendants out to the 6th, 7th, and 8th generation, and even beyond.   Most Hall of Fame Broodmares quickly rise to the top side of a pedigree through their famous sons, which is why I carry Wild Wind in such high esteem.  She has had many famous sons, but has still maintained an impressive list of daughters to carry on her legacy.

The beautiful Wild Wind, age 13, with her 8th colt, Front Cover. 

Here are some photos of her 1st generation offspring.  

For a complete list, see week 1 in this series.

As Beauty Does by Sensation Rex

RWC Front Cover by King's Genius 

Front Page Lady by King's Genius

CH Heavenly Daze by Beau Fortune 

CH Wild Fortune of Crebilly by Beau Fortune 

Her only stallion son, Wild Genius by King' s Genius

Sorry, no photo of Crebilly's Whirlwind BHF

NEXT GENERATION, WILD WIND IS THEIR 2ND DAM

Beauty I Am, out of As Beauty Does 

Front Page Fancy out of Front Page Lady 

Grasslands' Kentuckian out of Wild Eugenia 

CH Local Talent out of Front Cover 

CH Too Much out of CH Heavenly Daze

with Kim Skipton 

Truly Genius out of Wild Princess

Sorry, no photos of 

Crebilly's Hazel's Fortune,

Crebilly's Gust of Fortune or

Crebilly's Plumb Beautiful BHF

all 3 mares were full sisters Beau Fortune X Crebilly's Whirlwind BHF

NEXT GENERATION, WILD WIND IS THEIR 3RD DAM

Copper Commander out of Crebilly's Hazel's Fortune 

Hide-A-Way's Plumb Wild out of Crebilly's Plumb Beautiful BHF 

WGC CH Supreme Airs BHF out of Crebilly's Plumb Beautiful BHF 

WGC Valerie Emerald out of Crebilly's Hazel's Fortune 

Wild and Beautiful out of Crebilly's Plumb Beautiful BHF

Sorry,no photo of Supreme Fascination BHF

NEXT GENERATION, WILD WIND IS THEIR 4TH DAM

Chairman of the Board out of Supreme Fascination BHF 

Crecy, 3rd dam was CH Heavenly Daze 

Five Point American Rebel, 3rd dam was The Little Rebel 

CH Foxfire's Prophet out of CH Supreme Airs BHF 

Karissa Hi Lite out of Supreme Fascination BHF 

Lite Fascination out of Supreme Fascination BHF 

One for All, 2nd dam Crebillys Hazel's Fortune 

Putting on Airs BHF out of CH Supreme Airs BHF 

CH Sinatra 2nd dam Crebilly's Hazel's Fortune 

Society's Worthy Genius out of Society Sweetheart

Stonewall's Rare Edition out of Supreme Fascination BHF 

Sultan's Blue Knight out of CH Supreme Airs BHF 

Supreme Heir out of CH Supreme Airs BHF 

The Kentucky Wildcat, 2nd dam Crebilly's Hazel's Fortune 

Town Talent, 2nd dam CH Local Talent

NEXT GENERATION, WILD WIND IS THEIR 5TH DAM

Carouse out of Karissa Hi Lite 

Chief Executive, 4th dam was Front Cover 

Harlem Globetrotter out of Putting on Airs BHF 

Lady of Affirm out of Crecy 

Manhattan Airs out of Putting on Airs BHF 

Who's on First, 2nd dam Supreme Fascination  

Yorkshire Pudding BHF out of Putting on Airs BHF

Yorktown Magic out of Putting on Airs BHF 

She's A Match, 2nd dam Supreme Fascination BHF

NEXT GENERATION, WILD WIND IS THEIR 6TH DAM

A Perfect Accessory, on the right, out of She's A Match 

Callaway's New Day, 2nd dam Putting on Airs 

Castle Bravo out of Yorkshire Pudding BHF 

Deep Blue out of Yorkshire Pudding BHF 

Enchanted Heiress, double Crebilly's Plumb Beautiful breeding

Northern Blues out of Yorkshire Pudding BHF 

Oh my Godiva from As Beauty Does line 

Reedann's Phire  One,  2nd dam Putting on Airs 

Reedann's Top Gun out of Yorkshire Pudding BHF

True Match out of She's A Match 

Victory's Redemption, 2nd dam Putting on Airs

NEXT GENERATION, WILD WIND IS THEIR 7TH DAM

Cedarview's W.D. York, 2nd dam Yorkshire Pudding BHF

Filly out of Majestic Radiance

WGC Mark of Charm, 2nd dam Yorkshire Pudding BHF 

Not Dark Yet, 2nd dam Yorkshire Pudding BHF 

Reedann's Talked About, 2nd dam Yorkshire Pudding BHF 

Sir of York, 2nd dam Yorkshire Pudding BHF

NEXT GENERATIONS, WILD WIND IS STILL ON THEIR BOTTOM LINE

Stonewall Above Airs, 4th dam Putting on Airs BHF

So I'll ask once again, OK American Saddlebred fans, who's the most influential mare in the Broodmare Hall of Fame?

Please be sure to visit The American Saddlebred Blog's Face book page and like it!

https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-American-Saddlebred-Blog/239612032866209