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altogether new field for the Percheron, although not many 
of the breed have been brought into the South or into 
Canada, where the British breeds seem to be in more 
favor. Wilcox (Farm Animals) has stated that there 
are 30,000 registered Percheron horses in the United 
States, which is a larger number than any other draft breed. 
7. Organizations and records. — In France, the inter- 
ests of this breed are in the hands of Société Hippique 
Percheronne. It was organized in 1883, and in that 
year published its first stud-book. The Percheron Society 
of America has published sixteen volumes of the Percheron 
Stud-book of America, the first two volumes, however, hav- 
ing been published by the Percheron-Norman Horse 
Association. One hundred and eight thousand regis- 
trations have been made. ‘The Percheron Registry Com- 
pany has published three stud-books. 
There have been many dissensions among the importers 
and breeders of French draft horses, leading to the forma- 
tion of several societies and stud-books. It becomes 
necessary to discuss these, not because of any desire to 
state which were right or which were wrong, but solely 
for the purpose of explaining the status of the societies 
and stud-books at present representing the breed. 
The first importations of draft horses from France to 
America were almost universally called Normans. There 
was no apparent reason for the name, for none of them 
came from Normandy. This name at that time was 
intended to embrace all the breeds of draft horses in 
France. Those importers bringing horses from La 
Perche considered the horses from that district the typical 
draft horses of France. The French government had 
not at that time established the Percheron stud-book (its 
publication was begun in 1883), consequently there was 
