early American sires
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Deartoall81
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early American sires
Thinking about the early sires imported to America prior to; or nativeborn American sires prominent to 1850, are any still extant in the male line? If not, when did they go extinct?
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Re: early American sires
Deartoall81 wrote:Thinking about the early sires imported to America prior to; or nativeborn American sires prominent to 1850, are any still extant in the male line?
Probably not in 'tail male' in the TB.
If not, when did they go extinct?
A lot of old American lines went extinct in the TB during the early 20th cent., in part b/c of more stringent requirements here and abroad for registration. Conquering Elk, 1987chc x Peerlless - Helio Lassie x Helio Flight was the last known tail male TB descendant of Lexington.