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name of owner, etc., certified correct and stamped 

 with all the seals of the mayors in the several com- 

 munes in which the mares were served. 



All the mares, with hardly an exception, are de- 

 scribed as "Percherons." The first list will give a 

 correct idea of the colors prevailing at that period. 

 Among the mares served by Pelletier's horse in 1825 

 there were 13 grays, 9 bays, 1 brown-bay, 4 blacks, 

 and 3 chestnuts. The mares were not so high as 

 those in the Nogent district; hardly any were over 

 15.2 hands. Some naares were served in Eure-et-Loir 

 by Launay's horse, and he also served mares in La 

 Sarthe. Launay's old stallion book is found among 

 the records ; it is bound in sheepskin, with a raw-hide 

 lace attached to close it. On every page appears the 

 stamp of the mayor of the different communes. That 

 is why we can state that his horse served a few mares 

 out of his own department, as we find the mayor's 

 stamp of Buissaye (3 mares) andReveillon (Imare), 

 both places in Eure-et-Loir. It seems that Launay's 

 horse began serving in 1822, but the list is lacking. 

 We find, however, a statement that he got 26 living 

 foals out of 31 mares. It should have been men- 

 tioned that the first full list of Launay's mares was 

 in 1823 — 91 mares — ^but the observations made re- 

 specting the colors apply to 1825. It is a very simple 

 matter to find the colors of any given year, however, 

 if greater detail is deemed necessary. 



In 1823 all the mares are described as Percherons 

 except 9 Brittany mares, and one Normandy mare. 

 We find the name of Aveline for the first time in 



