12 PERCHERONS. 



To sum up, then, briefly, there is ample proof of the use of the 

 celebrated Arabian stallions (both gray) Godolphin and Gallipoli in the 

 formation of the Percheron breed ; and there is little doubt that like 

 the heavy British breeds it owes its superior size to crosses with the 

 large horse of Flanders. 



Importations to the United States of what are now claimed to have 

 been Percherons were made as early as 1851, but they were called 

 simply French Horses. In 1866 Mr. W. S. Ficklin, of Charlottesville, 

 Va., imported several Percheron horses under their proper name; and 

 in 1868 William T. Walters, of Baltimore, returning from France, after 

 a sojourn of several years, brought with him a considerable number of 

 these horses ; he also caused to be translated and published that inter- 

 esting little work, the "Percheron Horse," by Du Hays, from which we 

 have quoted. 



And now a word in regard to the Perchero-Norman controversy. 

 In 1854 one of the stallions imported in 1851, under the name of 

 French Horses, was sold to Messrs. Dillon & Co., of Normal, 111. This 

 horse was exhibited, with many colts of his get, at county and state 

 fairs, under the name "Norman," and soon obtained a high degree of 

 favor among horsemen of Illinois and neighboring states. In this way 

 began the confusion of names which has continued more or less una- 

 bated until within the past few years, and is, even now, a matter of con- 

 siderable uncertainty and vexation. When the first steps were taken to 

 form an American Stud Book, in 1876, it was proposed to adopt the 

 name "Norman." For reasons which he considered satisfactory, Mr. 

 Sanders, secretary of the association, changed the name to "Percheron 

 Norman Stud Book," the association afterward ratifying the change. 

 Many breeders of French horses, however, were in favor of the term 

 Norman, and accordingly withdrew from the offending society and 

 began the publication of the National Register of Norman Horses, all 

 draft horses imported from France being eligible for record. There 

 was, if such were possible, greater confusion than before, the names 

 Norman, Norman- Percheron, Percheron-Norman, Percheron and French 

 Draft obtaining equal prominence, and, indeed, were used interchange- 

 ably as synonymous terms for the same breed. 



In 1883, the Societe Hippique Perchonne was organized in France, and 

 the Percheron-Norman Society immediately, and wisely, adopted the 

 name by which the breed is recognized in its native country. The 

 name was thus changed to the Percheron Society, and their record the 

 Percheron Stud Book of America. Thus the matter of nomenclature 

 rests for the present ; each breed has its partisans ; both are valuable. 

 While we do not propose to decide between them, yet we cannot forbear 

 noticing this fact : the Norman Register admits all draft horses im- 

 ported from France. The Percheron Society requires that all animals 



