Ansons Suffolk horses

dee of CA · Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 3:49 pm Post subject: Ansons Suffolk horses

By 1910, William Anson had nine Suffolk mares and one stallion. He also had 20 grade mares from Suffolk stallions. (Cattleman Magazine 1946)

Some of these horses had the prefix, Concho.

Is it possible that he used these horses in his breeding program and that some ended up in QH pedigrees Question

Some of his horses were only known as Anson Mare with no other information.

In an article about him, it said he did not use barbed wire fences. Supposedly horses ran free on the range.

What do you think happened to these horses? Dee of CA

Pan Zareta · Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:45 pm Post subject: Re: Ansons Suffolk horses

Pat Mefferd · Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 1:49 pm Post subject:

Hi Dee,

Just read this post.

Another thought/question.....wonder if those "Concho" foals produced...were out of mares by CONCHO COLONEL?

This leaves two ways to look at and ponder....(1) they were named after the Concho River...(2) named after CONCHO COLONEL.

Pat
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dee of CA · Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 3:47 pm Post subject: Ansons Suffolk horses

Pat, He had one Suffolk stallion named Concho Rendlesham, foaled 1908 that was bred by Anson from two imported horses.

I was thinking about all the half bred mares that he had by 1910. He was actually a big importer of Suffolk horses for the times.

I guess it would be hard to track them down, unless some of todays QH could be tested to find out if they had Suffolk DNA. Rolling Eyes

Dee of CA

Pat Mefferd · Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 4:02 pm Post subject:

Dee,

I was referring to those Half-bred mares....possibly by a Suffolk stallion out of mares possibly by CONCHO COLONEL.

Ansons ranch was "The-Head-of-the-River-Ranch"....

Pat
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dee of CA · Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 4:29 pm Post subject: Ansons Suffolk horses

I was going to put this in edit. I found that Dan Casement "bought two stalllions from Anson, one a Suffold sic Suffolk draft horse and the other was Colonel Concho."

I think it is very probable that he did cross these horses. They are sorrels, have short legs and the kind of rump that is admired in QHs.

Thanks for your input. Dee