200 A HISTORY OF THE PERCHEEON HORSE 



joly. This horse was described as a ''draft stallion 

 of very good model; a good breeder, an impressive 

 sire that begets excellent post horses; many of his 

 male colts have been exported." He served from 

 1859 to 1862 — 4 years. The first 2 years his pen- 

 sion was 300 francs, and the 2 latter years it was 

 400 francs. Pelletier owned another horse named 

 Vulcain about the same period. He also had Nogent, 

 a 16.1-hand gray that served during 1863 and 1864. 



After the death of M. Theodore Pelletier we find 

 a "light draft stallion, gray, 16 hands," entered as 

 the property of "Widow Pelletier," St. Julien-sur- 

 Sarthe. This horse began serving in 1880. 



Moisand.— About this time also we hear of Moi- 

 sand, "Director of the Societe Hippique Percher- 

 onne," Chateaudun, Eure-et-Loire. From his town 

 and district, a great grain-growing region, formerly 

 came many Percheron horses, but since the inaugura- 

 tion of the French stud book foals bom in the dis- 

 trict are not eligible for entry. Judging from the 

 pensions awarded to M. Moisand he owned many 

 good stallions. Mina, a black-gray, nearly 17 hands 

 high, foaled in 1858, served from 1862 to 1868; his 

 pension, beginning at 500 francs, was raised to 650 

 francs. Moisand also had Coco, 16 hands high, a 

 black-gray that served from 1862 to 1864. Another 

 stallion of Moisand called Priape, served during^the 

 same period and was also a dark-gray. Moisand 

 also had a horse called Pamphile, dappled gray, 

 that served from 1863 to 1869, and another named 

 Sandy, foaled 1856, that served during. 1866 and 



