198 A HISTORY OF THE PEECHBBON HORSE 



Cheradame at a later date was called Chocolat. It 

 appears from the records that he was "de trait" 

 (of the draft type), gray, and stood about 16 

 hands 1% inches high. He was foaled in 1864, was 

 approved at 6 years old, and like Toulouse was 

 kept in service until his twentieth year, in 1884. 

 This long period of approval in the stud is convinc- 

 ing evidence of Chocolat 's superior character and 

 value as a sire. His pension from 1880 to 1884 in- 

 clusive seems to have been 300 francs. 



Another draft stallion owned by M. Cheradame, 

 and in use about 1860, was named Camaval. There 

 is also record of a Cheradame horse called Bon Es- 

 poir, a gray foaled in 1855, and another named 

 Double, the latter described as "trait leger" (light 

 drafter), a gray standing 16 hands that served as 

 an approved sire from 1880 to 1884 inclusive. StiU 

 another under the same ownership was Lilas, also 

 a light drafter, gray and 15.3 hands in stature. 

 Lilas served from 1880 to 1883 inclusive. 



The Ducoeurjolys. — Contemporaneous with Bail- 

 leau and the early work of Cheradame we find 

 Ducoeurjoly (Jacques Francois) of Coudreau, dis- 

 trict of Nogent, beginning as an owner of approved 

 stallions with Collin, a celebrated horse already men- 

 tioned. Collin was a little over 16 hands high and 

 was described as "an iron gray (gris de fer pom- 

 mele) draft horse with two white feet, bom in 

 1842 and approved Nov. 23,. 1846." This horse 

 served as an approved stallion for 4 years from 

 1847 to 1850 inclusive. Another horse, unnamed, 



