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ledge of the fact that it is to Montreal gentlemen particularly that 

 the credit of this equine exhibit belongs. The Haras National has 

 been more than once mentioned in tliese columns, and the enterprise, 

 energy, and wide knowledge of the men conducting it have been 

 commented upon. Among the exhibits of the Haras National at the 

 Toronto Exhibition was a three-year-old Porcheron stallion weighing 

 1,900 pounds. He is black and of magnificent build, and has carried 

 off diplomas and first prizes at the Canada Central fair at Ottawa, at 

 Montreal, and at Sherbrooke, There was also a four-year-old Per- 

 cheron stallion, dapple grey, which also carried off prizes at the above 

 exhibitions. He has superb action and might be called a trotter, 

 although he turns the scales at 1,600 pounds. Another was a French 

 four-year-old coach stallion of beautiful outline and style. He has 

 secured several honors. Occupying another stall was a three-year- 

 old Norman-French coach stallion, which has taken a prize in the 

 carriage class. He is 16^ hands high and a fine specimen of his 

 kind, thoroughly sound in every respect and shows good breeding. 

 All these horses have pedigrees duly registered in the French stock 

 books. Farmers and horse rearers cannot be too well posted as to the 

 breeds of stock to choose from, and this was an exhibit which deserves 

 their weighty consideration. The Hon. Mr. Beaubien, the popular 

 president of the association, was repeatedly congratulated by people 

 who were present at the exhibition, and who were not only admirers 

 but judges of a good horse. — The Gazette^ Montreal. 



EXHIBIT OF FRENCH HORSES 



Before the Fair closes every farmer, stock-breeder and sportsman 

 should see the exhibit of French horses by the Haras National Com- 

 pany in cattle shed No. 11 . It is the first time that this large and 

 flourishing stock rearing concern has come to the Industrial Exhibi- 

 tion, but they are well known in France, in the Province of Quebec 

 and various parts of the United States. The company was formed 

 in 1888, the capital being half French and half Canadian, and is now 

 engaged extensively in the importation of French coach horses and 

 Arabian horses. Up till the present they have been successful, and 

 have been gaining reputation very rapidly for purity of breed and 

 excellence of stock in many parts of the Province of Quebec and the 

 United States. A large ranch has been acquired m the State of 



