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lyn say on the subject : — Dahlman. Chamberlain, Oakley, Smith, 



Hayman, Stein, and Richie, who handle nine-tenths of all the 



draught horses hold in these grtat cities, unite in saying that the 



Percherons give the best satisfaction to the people who buy them to 



wear out ; that they last longer ; that they stand the hot weather 



best ; that their feet stand the work on the pavement better : tha 



they sell for higher prices, and are more sought after than any other 



breed ; and all these dealers unanimously recommend the farmers of 



the country to breed to stallions of French blood in preference to 



all others to raise horses to sell on the Eastern market A. J. Heine - 



man, of Mansfield, O., who handles about two thousand horses 



yearly, principally for the New York market, says : *' I handle more 



of the Percheron or Norman horses because there is more demand 



for them. They have more body, are finer lookers, and better 



movers than the other breeds." Barey, Mewgrass, Cooper, Lamb, • 



Klea, Towsig and Beckett, of Chicago, all express similar opinions, 



and say : " Breed horses of the French blood for our market." The 



above evidence is from men who handle perhaps fifty thousand 



horses per annum, and is the reflex of the opinions of the men who 



have the horses actually at work. 



In France, in the very heart of La Perche, we have 

 a breeding farm, the well-known establishment of 

 Medavy, famous for the excellence of its colts, the 

 very pick of the Percheron races. Five years ago we 

 started, near Buffalo Gap, Dakota Territory, the ranch 

 of Fleur de Lys (Gen. -Man., R. Auzias-Turenne ; Ass.- 

 Manager: E. Coumert), where more than 900 horses 

 are reared at liberty in the open air. The only horses 

 admitted are of Percheron, Norman and Arab race. 

 It is noteworthy that in the great horse ranches of the 

 North-West the use of Clydesdale stallions has been 

 greatly discontinued, as the progeny was found incap- 

 able of enduring the rigors of winter on the prairie. 

 Two years ago, we established at Fremont, Nebraska, 

 ( General Manager : Louis Defontaine; Sec.-Treas. : A. 

 Marion;, a Jiaras for the sale exclusively of Percheron, 



