Top photo from TMH
Lower photo from the AllBreed site
Note that his parents were 3/4 siblings--both sired by Dude Spar and out of a Sonfield mare. All four of his grand parents were bred by Roland Hill, Calif. Dude Spar was sired by Sparbeau who was bred by Elmer Brown, Kansas; Sparbeau was sired by Linsley and out of Sparbelle who was by the Old Midwest and Brunk stallion, Sparhawk. Sparbelle was out of the very important producing mare, Donbelle, who was High Percent Old Vermont. Dude Spar was out of a Roland Hill mare sired by Querido and out of a Richard Sellman mare.
Sparfield's paternal grand dam was a Roland Hill mare sired by Sonfield and out of another Roland Hill mare, by Querido and out of yet another Roland Hill mare, this one sired by the Brunk stallion, Pat Allen, and out of a Sellman mare. Sparfield's maternal grand dam was also a Roland Hill mare by Sonfield. She was out of another Roland Hill mare, by Joaquin Morgan who was bred by Elmer Brown, and out of a Sellman mare.
Sparfield's pedigree has a high degree of inbreeding and line breeding to Morgans bred to be working horses. It also shows how the different Morgan families came together to form the Western Working Family.
Sparfield sired 60 registered get. He has lines to today and is sought after by astute breeders.
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