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third approved stallion was Le Courtois, dapple- 

 gray, born in 1828. He served 68 mares in 1832. 

 There is also a stallion mentioned at this time, Le 

 Deve, 16 hands in height and a dark dapple-gray, 

 born in 1828, that served 61 mares in 1832. Gaubert's 

 stallion, Largneux, served in the Chartres district. 

 He was dapple-gray, 15.2 hands high, and had 57 

 mares in 1831, 50 in 1832, 53 in 1833, and 51 in 1834. 

 Guillaumin had also a stallion named Le Coq (not the 

 Benoit stallion) that served at this time. He had 

 101 mares in 1831 and 111 in 1832. Toutay's Le 

 Grand, the 17-hand stallion previously mentioned, 

 that served near Nogent had 59 mares in 1832; he 

 was then ten years old and Ducoeurjoly had a gray 

 mare served by him in that year. Toutay's Le 

 Charon, a 16-hand dapple-gray born in 1828, had 63 

 mares in 1832. The same owner had another stallion, 

 Dorchene, which died from colic. This fact is attest- 

 ed by the mayor of the commune. One of the wit- 

 nesses was a M. Chouanard (8th of June, 1832), a 

 probable ancestor of the well known Chouanard 

 family of breeders near Nogent. Dorchene served 

 60 mares before he died in 1832. Franconni had '64 

 mares in 1831, the same number in. 1832, and 55 in 

 1833. 



Others in Nogent District. — In 1835 the amount of 

 bonuses given to approved stallion owners in Eure- 

 et-Loir was 1,580 francs, as follows: 400 francs to 

 Toutay (2 stallions), 340 to Benoit (3 stallions), 200 

 to Guillaumin, 150 each to Marechal and Dieu, 120 

 each to Cottereau and Gaubert, and 100 francs to 



