CHAPTER VII. 

 MID- WEST PIOXEEES. 



The production of French horses in America from 

 imported ancestry on both sides was so limited prior 

 to 1871 as to be of little consequence. As a matter 

 of fact only 23 animals since recorded in the Ameri- 

 can Stud Book were foaled during the years from 

 1871 to 1874. More rapid headway was made after 

 1875, however, as a considerable number of mares 

 had meantime been imported. Summarizing the 

 situation, we find that 874 stallions and 152 mares 

 were imported between 1871 and 1880, and that 104 

 stallions and 115 mares were bred in America during 

 that same time. 



Restricted as home-breeding may seem to have 

 been, a solid foundation had nevertheless been laid. 

 The value of the French horses in improving the 

 common stock of the country, already demonstrated 

 by Louis Xapoleon, French Emperor, Success, Pleas- 

 ant Valley Bill, and numerous others, had been more 

 than sustained by the importation and use of Apollo 

 14, Vidocq 483 (732), St. Laurent 435, Nogent 738 

 (729), Dieppe 135, Malbranche 293, and numerous 

 other sires of more than average merit. Actual 

 breeding had begun in fifteen states. Last but not 

 least, a number of firms had passed through the 



