HISTORY IN THE MAKING 235 



the misnomer "Norman" was first of all properly 

 abandoned. Mr. DUNHAM and his confreres had no 

 objection to anyone buying and bringing to America 

 horses from the Boulonnais or other breeding dis- 

 tricts; but he believed that the Perche was the home 

 of the best of the French local types, and concen- 

 trated his efforts upon establishing the truth of his 

 contentions. Had he known positively what has 

 since been established by recent researches in the 

 archives of the French Government and of the 

 Haras du Pin, he would doubtless have been even 

 more forceful in his claims for his favorites. 



In another volume recently prepared under the 

 writer's direction, this and other matters of co-ordi- 

 nate interest have received such full attention that 

 they will not here be further pursued. Neither will 

 even an outline of MARK DUNHAM'S own story be 

 here attempted. His importing and breeding opera- 

 tions were too extensive. His ambitious and patri- 

 otic attempt to make the west more independent 

 of the old world by the purchase and transfer to 

 Oaklawn of a great number of the best mares of 

 the Perche, the disappointments attending that 

 historic venture, his demonstration that the breed 

 must ever depend upon the progeny of farm mares 

 at work in the fields rather than upon large collec- 



