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on the table. He started by learning about diesel mechanics at Oklahoma A & M and then by attending Southern California Bible College. It was while in California that he came to know the Vessels family of the Vessels Stallion Farm - a move the article credits for his increased interest in Quarter Horse racing.
The next step in the story takes up
after Pevehouse did his military service. When his enlistment was up, he returned to Oklahoma and bought a ranch with the goal of breeding cattle. He set up his cattle breed- ing operation with his herd of Charolais
that was waiting for him when he got home from serving his country. The move back to Oklahoma marks a return to his interest in racing as a “spectator and gambler.”
The next logical step after being a spectator and gambler is to own a racehorse. Pevehouse was no exception, and he became a racehorse owner in the mid 1970’s. One of the horses
he owned in a partnership was Nip N Dude, who won about $67,000 on the racetrack. He would eventually own all of Nip N Dude.
The pedigree of Nip N Dude shows us the Pevehouse interest in the Vessels Stallion Farm. Nip N Dude’s sire was the Vessels bred Alamitos Bar, who was by Three Bars and out of Do Good Bam, a daughter of Vessels Stallion Farm foundation mare Do Good. The dam of Nip N Dude was Nip N Go by Go Man Go, who stood for a number of years at the Vessels Stallion Farm.
The next horse on the radar for Pevehouse was Three’s Gal, a mare owned by his neighbor. “I had a friend up the
road named John Winters, and he had a little mare named Three’s Gal who ran
out $32,000. He bred her to a horse called Tiny Watch and they had a colt named Gal Watcher. I followed Gal Watcher every race he ever run,” related Pevehouse to Pigott about his introduction to this bloodline.
The sire of Gal Watcher was Tiny Watch, another Vessels bred runner. Tiny Watch was the 1965 AQHA Racing Champion Stallion and Aged Stallion. Tiny Watch
was sired by Anchor Watch TB, who stood on the Vessels Stallion Farm, and out of Clabber Tiny. Clabber Tiny was by the Vessels-bred Clabber II and out of another Vessels foundation mare, Tiny Iny TB.
Three’s Gal was a 1961 bay mare. She earned the AAAT rating on the track, which today is shown as a speed index of 100. She had 25 starts with 12 wins, six seconds and three thirds. She was the winner of three stakes races in the Kindergarten Stakes, the Midway Downs Futurity, and the Buttons and Bows Stakes. The Buttons and Bows was a pretty important race in that day and
has been won by such horses as Lena’s Bar, the dam of Easy Jet.
The sire of Three’s Gal was Bar Three, bred by Elton Cluck. Bar Three was a 1953 son of Three Bars and out of Patsy Lee, who was sired Charlie McCue by Billy McCue by Jack McCue by Peter McCue. Billy McCue was out of Sorrel Alice by Chickasha Bob and out of Maud by Old Billy. Patsy Lee
was out of Dottie by Spark Plug by Jack McCue. The dam of Spark Plug was Silver by Chickasha Bob and out of Maud by
Old Billy. This makes Spark Plug and Billy McCue 3/4-brothers. They were by the same horse and out of different mares that were full sisters.
An added note: Patsy Lee was bred a lot like the great FL Lady Bug, dam of horses like Lady Bug’s Moon. FL Lady Bug was sired by Sergeant, a 3/4-brother to Spark Plug. Sergeant was sired by Billy McCue, who was sired by Jack McCue and out of Sorrel Alice. Sergeant was out of Silver,
the full sister to Sorrel Alice. The dam of FL Lady Bug was Yeager’s Lady JA by Will Stead, who was a full brother to Sergeant.
Bar Three was a multiple stakes winner in the Platte Valley Baby Stakes, Nebraska Futurity, Platte Valley Futurity, and Platte Valley Derby. He was rated AAA, winning seven of this 14 starts. He sired 25 racing
ROM with two stakes winners and four stakes placed runners. His leading money winner was Three’s Gal.
Okmulgee Gal, the dam of Three’s Gal, was bred by Herbert Meyers of Okmulgee, Oklahoma. She was sired by Blondie Hancock, who was bred on the famed Triangle Ranch. This is the Triangle Ranch owned by Tom L. Burnett, the son of the Burnett Ranches founder Burk Burnett. Blondie Hancock is sired by a horse named Buck by Lowery Clegg. The dam of Blondie Hancock is a Hancock Mare. We must assume that this Hancock mare was a daugh- ter or granddaughter of Joe Hancock, who stood on the Triangle Ranch. Joe Hancock was sired by John Wilkens by Peter McCue.
The dam of Okmulgee Gal was My Streak. This mare was also bred by Herbert Meyers. She was sired by Bert P-227. Bert was sired by Tommy Clegg by Sam Watkins by Hickory Bill by Peter McCue. He was out of Lady Coolidge by Beetch’s Yellow Jacket by Yellow Wolf. The dam of My Streak was Ravona, a mare whose pedigree is unknown.
Okmulgee Gal was the dam of nine starters on the track, with six ROM and two stakes winners. Her leading money winner was Five K Bar by Bayou Bar. Five K Bar was a gelding that won seven stakes races, including the South Texas Derby, All
Nip N Dude was one of the first horses Carl owned, shown here in the winner’s circle after winning his 1977 All American Futurity trial under Jacky Martin and qualifying to the consolation.
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