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not only progressed rapidly, but that the type was 

 in great demand from other districts, as the major 

 part of the product was sold to buyers hailing from 

 outside points. 



In 1813, the "Conseil General du Department 

 d'Eure-et-Loir" began to offer 1,000 francs a year 

 divided between the Nogent and Courtalain fairs. 

 At each two prizes, one of 300 francs and another 

 of 200 francs, were offered for the finest brood mare 

 and filly respectively. About the same epoch Orne 

 began to offer 1,600 francs at the fairs of Alengon 

 and Le Pin, but only Normandy horses are spoken 

 of at these fairs. As a matter of fact it was the 

 Normandy mares that were kept almost exclusively 

 near these latter places at this period, and these 

 were bred to the demi-sang, English and other 

 blooded saddle stallions kept for that purpose. La 

 Sarthe also began about this time by giving 1,200 

 francs in bonuses. 



A Draft Type at Montdoubleau. — A complaint was 

 voiced from the vicinity of Montdoubleau in 1818 

 that there were not enough stallions of the heavier 

 sort available, showing that the objection of the 

 farmers to the government's policy of favoring the 

 lighter types was even then officially noticed. We 

 quote from the "Deliberations du Conseil General 

 de Loir-'et-Cher" for 1818, under the head,,"Elevage 

 des Chevaux": 



"The encouragement given to this class of im- 

 provement (the question of horses) offers in general 

 satisfactory results. The canton of Montdoubleau, 



