Bred by Harold Bathke of Angwin, California, Fair Charles was line-bred Wiescamp ..."...a culmination of what the Carl Miles' breeding program was supposed to be", according to one time owner, Steve Dal Porto. During his halter career, he was Reserve National Champion Two Year Old Stallion, and won every major stock show across the country at least once, but most of them twice. He came to prominence as a sire of both outstanding Halter and Performance horses. Through December of 1995, his foals have won 5 Medallions and one Superior Achievement nationally, with lifetime total points through that date of over 3,200 points. In California, he was the Leading Sire of Halter Horses in 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1985, and Leading Sire of Performance Horses in 1985. Many of the horses on the Cal-Western circuit are out of daughters of Fair Charles and are carrying on his winning tradition.