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as a pensioned stock-getter. In 1885 M. Cajet had 

 6 approved stallions, including the noted Eomulus, 

 dappled gray, about 16 hands high, afterwards sold 

 to Mr. Dunham; Vautour, light gray, 16 hands high; 

 Chen, dappled gray, 16 hands high; and Madere, 

 Voltaire and Picador, all grays. In 1887 Caget had 

 4 stallions pensioned — Porthos, Eveille, Cheri and 

 Madere. 



Contemporaneously, in part, with the work of 

 Caget pere is that of his son, Modeste Caget. The 

 records show that pensioned stallions were owned 

 by father and son throughout a period of full 30 

 years. M. DeLange of Almeneches, Ome, a son-in- 

 law of the elder Caget, was also a stallioner of good 

 repute. 



The Chouanards and La Touche. — The beautiful 

 farm belonging to the late and much-regretted 

 Charles Aveline, the farm of LaTouche near Nogent, 

 has been for nearly a century the residence of the 

 Chouanard family. M. Charles Aveline leased the 

 farm in 1894, and bought it some years later. From 

 the year 1820 to the year 1894 the Chouanards, at 

 least one branch of the family, lived there. The 

 family was numerous, and its members hold a prom- 

 inent place in Percheron history. In fact, the name 

 is still in evidence today, Emile Chouanard, Jules 

 Chouanard, Charles Chouanard and Paul Chouanard 

 still maintaining the reputation of their ancestors. 

 To M. Paul Chouanard we acknowledge our indebt- 

 edness for some of the interesting facts herein 

 chronicled. 



