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army and not of the farm. After four years more 

 of service we find him still at Le Pin under the in- 

 spection in 1819. Of the little old horse it. was then 

 said: "Well bred and plenty of blood, very pretty, 

 head, short coupling; the buttocks are short, and the 

 tail not well attached; he trots lightly and with> 

 vigor; he is too small and unsuitable for le Pin. To 

 be deplaced. I propose to send him to Brittany." 

 The game old saddler is still there, however, the^ 

 following year, but is going to be sent away, and 

 that is the last we hear of him. Too small to get 

 cavalry remounts, and yet regenerator and proto- 

 type of the modern Percheron! Is it possible? Is 

 it probable? And yet how could Du Hays make a 

 mistake in a matter to which he attaches so much 

 importance? Did he or any of his successors take 

 the trouble, as we have, to delve among those old 

 dusty documents? Perhaps not. 



There were niany other Mecklenburg-Strelitz sad- 

 dle horses and horses of English breeding, as well 

 as Normandy saddle horses, at Le Pin at this time.' 

 What was their mission? Undoubtedly to serve the 

 Normandy and demi-sang mares in the Merlerault 

 country, which was full of light mares at that time 

 producing cavalry colts. 



Error Easily Perpetuated. — ^It is not so remarkable 

 that we find so many articles and treatises on the 

 Percheron breed wherein the Arabian blood is cred- 

 ited with having wrought important changes as late 

 as 1820, by writers who apparently either from lack 

 of time or means or other reasons have not under- 



