The mare shown here is Milady Minton by Crouch’s Chief, a descendant of Clark Chief and thus yet another descendant of Annie C. She is out of Bessie Wetherlite by Monte Mark by Monte Cristo by Montrose, with tail-female harking back to Washington Denmark and Coleman’s Eureka (see “A Vintage Blend,” EQUUS 513, for images of these foundational Saddlebreds). Milady Minton is the dam of Miss Chatterbox, a winning five-gaited mare, who is in turn the dam of The Lemon Drop Kid.
Like Belle Beach, Milady Minton presents multiple crosses to Queen with some also to Black Hawk and Blackburn’s Whip. In terms of conformation, her proportions—with short back, close coupling and somewhat
