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valuable Percherons — in which is preserved the style, 

 quality and finish of the original type, with the increased 

 weight now demanded — can only be found in individuals 

 descended from animals of Arab origin, increased in 

 size by selecting the largest males and females and a 

 judicious system of in-breeding. 



This has resulted in a close relation >hip of all the 

 finest Percheron families of the present time, which 

 are owned by the most progressive and successful 

 breeders and stallioners in the Perche, and only irt 

 whose possession the finest individuals can be found, 

 in which the same blood is traceable for ages. 



The valuable qualities possessed by these animals, 

 that have been concentrated for generations through a 

 careful system of in-and-in-breeding, is the great source 

 of reliance upon which we df.pend for their prepotency, 

 or the capability of transmit.ing with absolute certainty 

 the valuable qualities of their race— a power never 

 possessed by animals of mixed blood. 



The British Quarterly J ournal of Agriculture 

 says : "The Percheron horses are a capital race for 

 HARD WORK AND SCANTY FARE." He never elsewhere 

 seen such horses at the collar. Under the diligence, 

 post- carriage^ or clumsy cabriolet, or on the farm,, 

 they are enduring and energetic beyond description. 

 With their necks cut to the bone they flinch not 

 They keep their condition when other horses would 

 die of neglect or hard treatment. The superiority of 

 French horses for crossing on the common mares of 

 America is established. 



