PUBLISHER'S ANNOUNCEMENT. 



This volume has been compiled in response to a wide- 

 spread demand for information touching the origin, 

 evolution, development and distribution of the modern 

 heavy draft type of Pereheron horses. It was under- 

 taken originally by Mr. Sanders as individual research 

 work along lines similar to his well-known histories of 

 the Shorthorn and Hereford breeds of cattle, but press 

 of work incidental to the conduct of "The Breeder's 

 Gazette" made it necessary that assistance be secured 

 in tracing the long story beginning with the early days 

 in the Perche, and ending with the Chicago International 

 Live Stock Exposition of 1916. 



A determined effort has been made to throw new light 

 upon the foundation history of the type in the Perche 

 itself. Mr. John Ashton, Continental European corres- 

 pondent of "The Breeder's Gazette," was commis- 

 sioned by Mr. Sanders to search French agricultural 

 literature from the earliest periods for references to the 

 Pereheron horse, and if possible secure permission from 

 the French authorities to examine all books, records and 

 documents contained in the Government archives at 

 Paris, including the official entries detailing the registra- 

 tion and inspection of stallions bought for the Govern- 

 ment stud at le Pin, together with lists of stallions offici- 

 ally approved and subsidized by the Government prior to 

 the Stud Book period for service in the region in which 

 the modern Pereheron was evolved. 



Fortunately this extensive and painstaking inquiry met 



