A GOOD HORSE IS ANY COLOR

Old Sorrel sons Lucky Strike and Silver King were kept entire but sold to outside buyers. Lucky Strike’s book consisted of many Thoroughbred mares and most of his get were used as ranch horses and thus have no show record. Silver King was heavily advertised to the public and got a wide-ranging book of mares. He sired many high-ranking arena performers, mostly in roping and cutting.

Lucky Strike (1935) is out of Panchita Kleberg by Pancho Villa by Little Joe. She is out of a mare by Governor Jester of the Matchem sire-line. Stout and masculine, he sired many ranch horses. Lucky Strike’s contribution to the Quarter Horse is rather widespread despite his never leaving Texas and not being widely advertised. Twenty-eight of his sons escaped the knife; most sired at least a few good broodmares. Several, including Litenin’ McCue (1942), had bald faces and enough high white to be considered Paints or Paint progenitors. Chestnut sons Lucky Boy and Montana Pal went to ranches in California and Montana respectively and sired palominos. Pilgrim, a bay 1941 colt, was advertised to a large book and got the roping champion Knotty Pine.

Roan Silver (1962) by Silver King out of Houston Linda, a granddaughter of King P-234. She is out of the Little Roan Mare, a granddaughter of Billy Sunday by Old Billy.

Silver King (1937) is out of “Clegg Mare no. 3.” She is by Sam Watkins by Hickory Bill, and out of a mare sired by Little Joe before 1915 (when King Ranch neighbor George Clegg still owned him).

Phantom King (1948) by Silver King out of Diamond Patsy, a granddaughter of Midnight and out of a granddaughter of Harmon Baker.

Cowboy’s Dream (1946) by Silver King out of Scar Face, a granddaughter of Old Joe Bailey of the Steel Dust sire-line. Scar

Face is out of a mare by Midnight

(see“Sons of the Great Ones,”

EQUUS 497).