[1] Foaled April 8, 1940, Three Bars was sired by Percentage and out of Myrtle Dee.
[3] Eventually, his leg problems cleared up enough for him to race and show great early speed.
[4] Vail leased him to Walter Merrick, an early breeder of racing Quarter Horses, for a few years, but also stood him in Arizona and California.
[2] Three Bars died in March, 1968 in Oklahoma on Walter Merrick's ranch.
His grandson Doc Bar became one of the most influential sires of cutting horses ever known.