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truth regardless of what the facts might show. Breeders 

 and owners of Percheron horses not only in America, but 

 in France as well, will no doubt welcome the results of 

 this study. 



Mr. Sanders' own personal recollections of the Ameri- 

 can Percheron trade go back to his boyhood days on an 

 Iowa farm, his father, the late James H. Sanders, having 

 been one of the earliest introducers of the blood in the 

 trans-Mississippi country, and subsequently compiling the 

 initial volumes of the Percheron Stud Book of America. 

 In the work of gathering material for the early American 

 period the aid of the late James H. S. Johnstone, 

 author of "The Horse Book", was asked and obtained, 

 many interesting facts relating to the pioneer breeders, 

 importers and equine celebrities of the old days being 

 developed as a result of extended traveling in various 

 parts of the United States. 



As the present day was approached the services of Mr. 

 Wayne Dinsmore, Secretary of the Percheron Society of 

 America, were invoked, and with the permission of the 

 directors of that organization he utilized the records 

 and the facilities of his office to collect, analyze and 

 arrange a great mass of important and interesting data 

 detailing the wide expansion of Percheron breeding in 

 America during the past forty years. 



It will of course be understood that this work is com- 

 piled primarily for the benefit of American readers. Con- 

 sequently the details of French production since the 

 establishment of the Percheron Stud Book of France in 

 1883 have not been extensively discussed. 



The authors are aware that their work is by no means 

 perfect. Errors of omission and commission are bound to 

 creep into any volume of this sort, involving as it does 

 explorations in new fields, and the handling of an almost 



