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however, all described on the stallion sheets as ' ' Per- 

 c herons." 



In 1833 the approved-stallion owners in Orue were 

 Pelletier (2 stallions), Dutheil of Eperraix, Herrissay 

 and Guerree. Guerree's horse was about 15.3 hands 

 liigh and dapple-gray in color. Dutheil 's horse was 

 described as "heavy draft," standing 16 hands high, 

 a gray — slightly dappled. In 1834 he served 51 

 mares, and in 1835 he had 35 mares. There is also 

 another stallion mentioned. Bijou, which served 30 

 mares in 1834, and 38 mares in 1835. He was 17 

 hands high, was born 1829, and was dapple-gray in 

 color. Herrissay 's stallion, born 1830, a 16-hand dap- 

 ple-gray, served 34 mares in 1834 and 32 mares in 

 1835. He had another horse, described as ' ' white ' ' 

 in color, which served 35 mares in 1834 and 32 in 1835. 



The owners of approved stallions in Orne in 1834 

 and '35 were Leconte, of Veuville (2 stallions, 350 

 francs) ; Pelletier, Corbon (2 stallions, 400 francs) ; 

 Herrissay, St. Germain de Martigny (200 francs); 

 Guerree, Fremongene (100 francs). Herrissay 's 

 Bijou served 53 mares in 1835, and 60 mares in 1836. 

 Bijou (Guerree's) served 60 mares each year in 1835 

 and '36, while L'Ami (Pelletier's) had 32 mares in 

 each of those years. The mares served by Herrissay 's 

 horse measured from 15 to 16 hands. Already there 

 seems to be an improvement in the size. Leconte 's 

 Cuirassier was not a Percheron. He is described as 

 a heavy coach horse, dark chestnut in color and 

 served in the coach-horse district — around Argentan, 

 that part of Orne lying in Normandy. He served 56 , 



