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a strawberry-roan born in 1820 and standing slightly 

 over 15.3 hands. He served 90 mares in 1825 and 91 

 in 1826. He belonged to Cottereau. In 1827 he had 

 77 mares. Lecoeur belonged to Benoit. He was a 

 light-gray, about 15.3 hands high, and was born in 

 1819. In 1825 he had 65 mares and 115 in 1826. 

 There were many blacks and grays among the mares 

 served by this horse in 1826. Marechal owned a 

 horse called Le Percheron (not the one previously 

 mentioned). He stood about 16.2 hands high, a dap- 

 ple-gray. In 1825 he had 108 mares, among them 

 being 8 belonging to one Labiehe. In 1826 he served 

 117 mares and in 1827 he had 88. According to the 

 Minister of the Interior's letter, dated 18th of June, 

 1828, we find that Cottereau 's stallion Aubert was not 

 allowed to serve mares after that date. In 1827 he 

 had 88 mares. Mention is made of an approved 

 stallion, Le Braillard, which served 73 mares in 1826. 

 Marechal 's Pierrot, a dark dapple-gray born in 1822, 

 was approved the 25th of November, 1826. Pierrot 

 got 82 living foals in his first season out of 113 mares. 

 Big Horses in Service. — That the big stallions were 

 popular in those days is instanced by the list of mares 

 served by the "heavy draft" stallion Le Grand, that 

 stood 17 hands high and was dapple-gray in color. 

 He was owned by Toutay, of Coutretot, and served 

 in the Nogent district. In 1826 he had 112 mares, 

 and in 1827 he served 91. In the list of mares served 

 by the approved stallions about this period we find 

 that the dapple-grays are becoming more numerous 

 and bays occur less frequently. In 1829 le Grand had 



