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When the American Quarter Horse Association (or AQHA) was founded in 1940, The Old Sorrel was already twenty-five years old, but the King Ranch registered him amongst the very first horses that the AQHA accepted for registration. He was given number 209 in the registry, and registered as bred by George Clegg of Alice, Texas.
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Wimpy was foaled on the King Ranch in Kingsville, Texas on March 3, 1937. [1] However, the original application listed his foaling date as April 3, 1937, and the original stud books gave his foaling year as 1935. [2] He was a son of Solis, himself a son of Old Sorrel, the King Ranch foundation stallion.
Helen Kleberg was the only child of Robert Justus Kleberg Jr. and Helen Campbell Kleberg. Robert Kleberg Jr. was the son of Robert Kleberg and Alice King-Kleberg, who was the daughter of Henrietta and Richard King, founder of the King Ranch. [3] [4] Her father developed the Santa Gertrudis breed of cattle. [5]
Dry Doc, Little Peppy, Peppy San Badger, and Mr San Peppy were all King Ranch horses that Welch trained and showed. In 1983, the King Ranch purchased Dry Doc. Welch had won the Futurity on Dry Doc and had also beat his son, Greg, who was riding Mr San Peppy. [19] In 1999, Welch suffered a stroke. [7]
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Later, Byrne James of Encinal, Texas, bought King from Alexander for $325. It was James' wife that changed the horse's name from Buttons to King. [2] [6] James broke King and used him for roping and other ranch work, but when James joined the New York Giants organization to play baseball, King was sold to Win DuBose of Uvalde, Texas, for $550. [6]
Rudolph Kleberg (1847-1924) became a United States congressman, Marcellus Kleberg (1849-1913) studied law and served as city attorney for Galveston, Texas, and the youngest Kleberg son, also named Robert Justus Kleberg (1853-1932), managed the King Ranch and later married Alice Gertrudis King, the youngest daughter of cattle baron Captain ...