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horses, known as Normans, had been used in the West some 

 years, for as far back as 1854 Dillon &. Company, of Normal, 

 Illinois, showed what they termed Normans. The word Per- 

 cheron was also in use. Mr. J. H. Sanders had been made sec- 

 retary of the new association, and he added the word Percheron 

 to the title, so that it read Percheron-Norman Horse Associa- 

 tion, and his action was approved. This was followed by some 

 members withdrawing and organizing the National Register of 

 Norman Horses, which was later changed to the National Regis- 

 ter of French Draft Horses. With the organization in France 

 of a Percheron society the word Norman was dropped from the 

 American title, in order to correspond with that of the French 

 association. The career of the American Percheron Horse 

 Breeders' Association proved rather unsatisfactory to many of 

 its members, due to too much one-man power vested in its 

 secretary. This resulted in the organization, in 1902, of the 

 American Percheron Horse Breeders' and Importers' Associa- 

 tion, with headquarters later established at Chicago, Illinois. 

 In 1905 the name of this was changed to the Percheron 

 Society of America. There was also organized in 1902, at 

 Columbus, Ohio, the Percheron Registry Company. More 

 recently, in October, 1905, another association, known as the 

 American Breeders' and Importers' Percheron Registry, was in- 

 corporated, with headquarters at Plainfield, Ohio. Each of these 

 associations was organized to promote the breed in America, to 

 register animals, and to publish studbooks. The old association 

 is now defunct, but the other three are actively promoting 

 the breed. 



Percheron studbooks are published both in France and 

 America. Volume I of the French book {SUid-Book Percheron 

 public par la Soci^td Hippique Pcrclieromie) first appeared in 1883, 

 since which numerous volumes have been issued. The old Per- 

 cheron-Norman Horse Association published two volumes, the 

 first appearing in 1877. Later, with the change of name to 

 Percheron Horse Association of America, three more volumes 

 were issued under the name of the Percheron Studbook of 

 America. In 1906 this association published Volume VI. In 

 1905 the Percheron Registry Company published Volume I. 



