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treasure, have doubtless usually obtained Per- 

 cheron horses. But the Societe Hippique Per- 

 cheronne and the other stud-book organizations 

 of France now furnish a directory of blood which 

 few honest importers will care to ignore, and 

 the result cannot fail to add to the popularity 

 of the Percheron breed in both France and 

 America. 



It will not be out of place in this connection 

 to mention the fact that the American Perche- 

 ron Stud Book, of which four volumes have 

 now been issued, was the first stud book for 

 any breed of draft horses ever published in the 

 world, the society under the auspices of which 

 it is published having been organized in Febru- 

 ary, 1876, and the first volume of its stud book 

 appearing in September of the same year. The 

 present Secretary of the American Percheron 

 Association and editor of its stud book is S. D. 

 Thompson of 722 W. Monroe street, Chicago. 



BOULONNAIS. 



This is another French draft breed, and next 

 to the Percheron, which it closely resembles in 

 many features, is the most highly esteemed and 

 most generally disseminated of the draft breeds 

 in that country. Its home is in the region of 

 Boulogne-sur-Mer in the department of Pas de 

 Calais, in the localities known as High Boulon- 

 nais, Low Boulonnais, and Calaisis, but it is 



