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lion which he called a Percheron. In 1866 Mr. 

 S. W. Ficklin, of Charlottesville, Ya., made an 

 importation of these horses, and he also brought 

 with him the use of the name Percheron. The 

 Hon. William T. Walters, of Baltimore, Md., 

 spent several years during and just after the 

 close of our late war, in France, and while 

 there he became so enamored of the Perche- 

 rons that, returning in 1868, he brought with 

 him quite a number of horses, which he called 

 Percherons in this country. He also caused to 

 be translated and published an interesting 

 work entitled the "Percheron Horse," written 

 by Du Huys, Master of the Horse to Louis Na- 

 poleon. This book, together with the writings 

 of Mr. Kiippart and Mr. Walters, and the usage 

 of the importers before named, served to fix 

 the appellation of Percheron quite firmly upon 

 these horses throughout the middle and east- 

 ern States, so far as they were known. Twelve 

 years prior to the first Ohio importation men- 

 tioned above Mr. Edward Harris had imported 

 four horses from France which he called Nor- 

 mans. These horses were considerably smaller 

 than the Percheron importations of a later 

 date, and, although they were extensively no- 

 ticed in the newspapers of that day, they failed 

 to attract public attention to any considerable 

 degree. 

 In the autumn of 1854 Louis Napoleon, one 



