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name French to any thing left by them in the Canadas. The 

 Norman name was sufficiently expressive and indefinite to 

 attach to the noble specimens of horses the French left behind 

 them. The impress made on the Canadian horse was felt on 

 the New England horses ; the Morgans, and the St. I^yrence 

 family, and the Morse, McNitt, and Blackwood families, all trace 

 to the French horses of Canada, known as Norman. But those 

 horses were not of the ponderous, massive order that claim that 

 name to-day. 



There is no good and sufficient reason why the French 

 draft-horses, that came to America through Canada and the 

 United States, should have two names, Percheron and Norman. 

 But the war of names now is on, and no man can safely say 

 when it may end. It is worthy of note, however, that the Per- 

 cheron association and Norman association held conventions the 

 same night, the former at the Grand Pacific and the latter at 

 the Sherman House, in Chicago, November 14, 1883. They 

 both passed resolutions of delight at the establishment of a rec- 

 ord in France, and resolved not to admit to record here any im- 

 ported horse that is not on record in the French Record. 



The Norman is the name first used in America. The Per- 

 cheron is the name used in France. Now as the Societe Hip- 

 pique Perchcronne of France is to be the arbiter of the breed- 

 ing of animals that are hereafter to be imported into America 

 the name FRENCH DRAFT-HORSE seems fitting and correct. The de- 

 scription and history given the French draft-horse covers the 

 French importations sufficiently, and we may see that the war 

 of names has more significance and interest to the parties who 

 have espoused them than to the public generally. 



We have spoken of the famous Louis Napoleon, which was 

 the first French draft-horse brought west of the mountains, and 

 the horse whose get brought the race into notice in the West. 



We will speak of another famous horse, St. Laurent, im- 

 ported by Messrs. Dillon in 1870. He is a Norman horse of rare 

 excellence, and his colts readily bring $1,000 to $2,000. His 

 owners have sold mares and stallions sired by him to the amount 

 of $27,000. His services up to January, 1882, brought $23,060. 



