the desired proportions, and at the same time pre- 

 serving the gait, speed and others merits, deem it 

 proper to make their imports consist mostly of Per- 

 cherons, of at least 1,500 lbs., and good trotters 



Nevertheless, they will also make it their business 

 to import for such as desire them horses of the same 

 breed of I800 lbs. or even more. The Company 

 would, however, take the liberty of reminding their 

 customers that for the snow-deep roads of our long 

 winters, and for general use, the 1500 lbs. horses are 

 to be preferred. 



If our native mares were, as a rule, heavier than 

 they are, even a less weight would satisfy all needs. 

 But, as things are, it would require a stallion of 1500 

 lbs. for the progeny to be easily disposed of. 



The Company will import a few Breton horses of 

 the small Percheron kind. They would, at the same 

 time, remark that the Percheron breed, whose purity 

 has been established by the stud-books, and which 

 is know to have been kept free from all admixture of 

 blood, is naturally the best fitted to transmit the racial 

 characteristics with fidelity. It is needless to insist 

 on the qualities of the Percheron as a roadster. It is 

 indeed, the finest race in the world, and for general 

 purposes just the horse that our farmers need. For 

 that breed came from the best of all progenitors, the 

 Arab, enlarged by inter-breeding with the finest 

 Norman mares. The race has been known in France 

 from time immemorial, and successive governments 

 have assumed the duty of preserving and improving, 

 by scrupulous care, all its original good qualities. It 

 is a hardy breed, docile, good-tempered, a quick tra- 

 veller, capable of taking large loads to market and 



