IMPORTS AND SALES. 



Through the relations which they have established 

 with those locMities in France, where the breeding of 

 hiwh-class horses has been made a speciality, as well 

 as through the position and experience of its share- 

 holders in that Country, the Company will be able to 

 make purchases on most favorable conditions. 



The French shareholders, of whom the Baron E. de 

 Mandat-Grancey is President, comprise some of the 

 most eminent members of the Great French Society 

 of Agriculturists know as " La Societe des Agricul- 

 teurs de France." Their knowledg-e of region of La 

 Perche and of the other districts where horse-breedinor 

 is carried on is of the most through character. They 

 belong moreover, to that select circle from which the 

 afore- mentioned Society chooses its judges for those 

 far-famed equine competitions that take place from 

 time to time in France There could not, therefore, 

 be more desirable connoisseurs in horseflesh. 



It is the Company's intention to import only such 

 animals as are of definitely ascertained pedigree, and, 

 in every instance, a careful examination by veterinary 

 surgeons will be conducted at the iate of purchase. 



The Company's Norman horses are obtained, as 

 much as possible, from the state Haras. The two 

 last specimens were procured from that of Le Pin. 



Without being carried away by the rage for huge 

 animals (which has seized our American neighbors 

 especially), the Company of the " Haras National," 

 aiming at the improvement, with as little delay as 

 possible, of the country's breeds, by raising it to 



