TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER 1— THE ANCIENT PROVINCE OF THE PERCHE. 

 Topography of the District — Geological Forniation^Water 

 Coui-ses — Climatic Conditions — Ancient History — Rotrou 

 and the Counts ot The Perche — Modern Records Begin — 

 Live Stoclv Husbandry Important — Under the "Grand 

 Monarque" — The Eighteenth Century — Long Famous for 

 Its Horses — A People Devoted to Tlieir Own — The 

 Perche of Today 17-33 



CHAPTER II— PERCHERON PROTOTYPES. 



Some of the Fairy Tales — The Sajacenio Rout — Mounts of 

 the Crusaders — War Horses of the Middle Ages — The 

 Pi'obable Foundation — Normandy Invades The Perche — 

 Whence the Psrcheron? — The Arabian Tiadition — An 

 Historic Discussion — "The Legendary Kadischi" — ^Mod- 

 ern Arab Crossing Not Mentioned — Is the Percheron a 

 Primitive Type? 34-54 



CHAPTER III— THE RENAISSANCE FOLLOWING THE 

 REVOLUTION. 



Delestang and His History — Lamagdelaine's Prizes — A 

 Draft Type at ilontdoubleau — Unverifled Tradition Ex- 

 ploded — Godolphin an EnsUsh Saddler — Gallipoly a 

 Small Turkish Saddle Horse — Error Easily Perpetuated 

 — Jean-le-Blanc — The Evidence Summarized — The Breed 

 ■'Modifies Itself" — M. Fardouet Was Right — The Gov- 

 ernment Stud — First Draft Stallions at the Haras du 

 Pin — Official Notes — Directors and Inspectors Disagree oo-Sl 



CHAPTER IV— EVOLUTION FROM WITHIN. 



Prises Stimulate Effort — The National Archives in Evi- 

 dence — First Approved Stallions Near Nogent — Grand 

 Pierre. Bijou and Le Coq — Liberally Patronized — Big 

 Horses in Service — Le Coq Goes to Belgium — ^More Big 

 Gray Horses — Others in Nogent District — In the De- 

 partment of Orne— Service for 12 Francs — At Mort- 

 agne in the Early 'SO's — In La Sarthe — Loir-et-Chei- — 

 A Broad Constructive Policy Continued — Outcrossing 

 Exaggerated — As to Color — Passing of the Diligence 

 Type— Some Conclusions SL:-106 



CHAPTER V — FIRST FRENCH HORSES IN AMERICA. 



Authentic Records Begin — Alexander's Norman — ^First Im- 

 portation to the States — Ohio Importations of 1S51 — 

 Normandy, or Pleasant Valley Bill — ^A Great Career — 

 The Holnian Horse — Louis Napoleon — Taken to Illinois 

 — Acquired by the Dillons — ^Maryland Importation of 

 iS.'iS — Rollin imported in 1S56 — Darby Plains Importa- 

 tion of IS.ii — ^Kentucky Importation of 1859 — Massachu- 

 setts Importation of IS64 — Gray Duke — Eastern Imports 

 of 1S66 — First Direct Importation into Illinois — Ohio .Ac- 

 tive in 1S67 107-137 



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