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CHAPTER VI — THE IMPORTING RECORD TO 1870. 



A Profitable Business — Activity in Ohio — The Walters 

 Percherons — Old Success Imported — M. W. Dunham En- 

 ters the Business — ^Napoleon Bonaparte — A Lull in 1869 

 — Across the Continent — Good Buying for Illinois — Duke 

 de Chartres Brings $4,000 — First of the Blood in Wis- 

 consin — Dillons' Big St. Laurent — Recapitulation 138-168 



CHAPTER VII — MID-WEST PIONEERS. 



Leaders of the Period — Oaklawn in Front — Home Breeding 

 Emphasized — Some Celebrities Described — Drawing 

 from the Fountain Head — The Dillons — Ohio Breeders 

 of the '70's — The East and the Far West — On the Pacific 

 Coast — Dr. W. H. Winter — Daniel Dunham — Eli Hodg- 

 son — Stubblefleld Importations — Percheron Breeding in 

 Other States — James H. Sanders — A Campaign of Edu- 

 cation — Foundation of the Stud Book — The Peoria Con- 

 vention of 1878 159-187 



CHAPTER VIII— THE FRENCH STORY RESUMED. 



Practical Promotive Work — More Pre-Stud Book Records — 

 M. Cheradame — Toulouse, "The Magnificent" — Chocolat 

 —The Ducoeurjolys — Pelletier — Moisand — Jouset and 

 Mitau — Old Records Brought to Light — Fardouet and 

 Caget — Michel Fardouet — Celestian Caget — The Chou- 

 anards and La Touche — The Perriots — The Tacheaus — 

 Charles Paul Aveline — Credit Due These Pioneers — 

 Founding of the Stud Book — Meager Data at First 

 Available — The Case of Jean-le-Blanc 188-232 



CHAPTER IX— THE GREAT EXPANSION OF THE '80'S. 



Distribution by States — Oaklawn Breeding Operations — The 

 Brilliant Blood — The Story of Old Brilliant — Brilliant 

 1271 — Prepotency of Brilliant Blood — Developments at 

 Oaklawn — Results Despite Difliculties — Great Mares of 

 Oaklawn Stud — Oaklawn Influence — Oaklawn Sales of 

 '80's — ^Mr. Dunham's Influence — Ellwood Green — Sires 

 Used by Mr. Ellwood — Cheri and Seducteur — Mares in 

 Stud — Influence on Other Studs — Noted Sires Sold — 

 Summary of Ellwood Operations — Daniel Dunham's 

 Work — "The Dillons — Sires Used — Dillons in the Show- 

 ring — ^Mark W. Coad 233-270 



CHAPTER X— OTHER PROMINENT FIGURES OF THE PERIOD. 



Log Cabin Farm — Edgewood Farm — John W. Akin — Minne- 

 sota Breeders — Leonard Johnson — Founding Maple 

 Point Stud — Leading Sires Used — The Johnson Mares — 

 Showyard Record— Minnesota Percheron Horse Company 

 — George E. Case — Wisconsin's Leaders — ^Wauwatosa 

 Farm — Kellogg Stock Farm — The Kellogg Stallions — 

 Noted Mares — Influences on Other Studs — Reserve 

 Forces in Illinois — Stetson & Sons — ^Mares Owned and 

 Colts Raised — The Stetson Sires — Valuable Brood Mares 

 — Degen Bros. — George S. Hanna — E. Hodgson & Son — 

 Ohio Breeders — Jones Bros. — Samuel Kendeigh — M. V. 

 Bates — E. J. Coudit — Iowa's Percheron Breeders — Iowa 

 Breeders of the '80's — Maplehurst Stock Farm — J. H. 



