merry legs was foaled in april 1911. she was a bay with sabino markings. she was sired by the foundation stallion black allan f-1, out of the american saddlebred mare nell dement, registration number f-3, and bred by the early breeder albert dement. she was a large mare at maturity, standing high and weighing . merry legs was a successful show horse; as a three-year-old, she won the stake class at the tennessee state fair. she was also successful as a broodmare, giving birth to 13 foals, among them the well-known bud allen, last chance, major allen, and merry boy. for her influence on the breed, she was given the foundation number f-4 when the twhbea was formed in 1935. she died in 1932.