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could be traced without break or flaw. Naturally, 

 too, there was considerable duplication of names, but 

 that also was unavoidable. It is possible when the 

 affairs of a stud book organization are in running 

 order to prevent two animals being registered by 

 the same name, but that is impossible in gathering 

 together materials for a retrospective volume. 

 Names under which stallions have been known for 

 many years can not be changed for the purposes of 

 making a more intelligible record. In reading the 

 history of the earliest importations it is necessary, 

 then, to sense properly the number following the 

 name when tracing the. career of any given individ- 

 ual. Of Napoleons, Dukes of Normandy, Prides of 

 Perche, and Princes of various realms there were 

 many and unless the stud book number is carefully 

 noted in connection with the name confusion must 

 ensue. 



Of the 90 stallions imported between 1839 and 

 1870, Ohio had 42, Illinois 24, Pennsylvania 10, 

 Maryland 5, Massachusetts, Virginia, Missouri and 

 New Jersey 2 each, and Kansas 1. Owing to the 

 activity of Gen. W. T. Walters, Maryland easily 

 leads among the mares with a total of 10 out of 21, 

 followed by Massachusetts with 3, Virginia and 

 New Jersey with 2 each, and Pennsylvania, Kansas, 

 Missouri and Ohio with 1 each. 



Starting once more with the landing of the Harris 

 stallions and mares in New Jersey, we have the 

 spread westward in chronological order to Maryland, 

 Pennsylvania and Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, 



