bred by Colonel R. West, Lexington, Kentucky; passed to E. F. Squires, Cortland, New York in November 1886; thent to Charles W. Young, Syracuse, N.Y., December 1886; then to A. J.Feek, Syracuse, N.Y.; then was sold to Germany, bought by Wilhelm Moessinger (Frankfurt on the rive Main), for his stud MARIAHALL, in Sprendlingen; some times later (~1889) was sold to Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (Austian Empire);