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PEDIGREES. 



It will be observed in the perusal of this Catalogue 

 that we have taken special pains to display the pedi- 

 grees of our animals, and yet to do so in as brief a 

 manner as possible consistent with an intelligent 

 showing. 



We have endeavoured to present the matter in such 

 a manner as to encourage the study of the pedigrees 

 by those who are not interested in the matter as 

 breeders, but who may feel inclined to do so for enter- 

 tainment merely, and as making an object lesson in 

 the most advanced system of high-class breeding, and 

 showing the principles which obtain at the present 

 time, the working of which has done so much for the 

 comfort and happiness of mankind, and which is one of 

 the most distinguished marks of industrial science and 

 progress. 



In relation to the noble animal under consideration,, 

 it has been the means of preserving and perpetuating 

 the finest types of the splendid old race of the Perche, 

 a race which by its size, its powerful muscular strength, 

 though elegant build, shows it has been improved by 

 judicious breeding for centuries, and its rich and well 

 proportioned forms with its immunity from disease 

 now ranks as the finest in the world — as the draught 

 horse. 



It is well that the people demand pedigrees, as every 

 intelligent and successful breeder is doing at the present 

 time. 



