220 A HISTORY OP THE PEECHEEON HOESE 



Burgess, Chas. R. Coleman, Chas. Taylor of Taylor 

 & Jones, Judson Hayden, A. B. Holbert and others 

 have made important purchases in the Perche. 



"In 1889 I commenced showing on my own ac- 

 count at the Paris show, and obtained 3 prizes with 

 4 horses, being awarded a second prize on Margon, 

 a three-year-old which I sold to Mr. Dillon. ' My 

 greatest triumph perhaps was at Paris at the great 

 exposition of 1900, where I got 4 first prizes, the 

 championships and the grand championship. I 

 have been awarded 11 championships at the provin- 

 cial shows in France since 1894, 6 championships 

 at Paris since 1905, and* 15 championships at the 

 Percheron society's show since 1891. 



"I have known some celebrated stallions that 

 have done much for the breed. In 1899 I sold a 

 very fine stallion Phenix to J. M. Fletcher. In 

 1900, Suffren, winner^ of first in the two-year-old 

 class at Paris, was bought by J. B. McLaughlin, 

 who also acquired a splendid three-year-old Eaynal, 

 first-prize winner at the same show. He got the 

 famous stallion Orangiste the same year. This 

 horse obtained first prize at Nantes and Nogent as 

 a two-year-old. That year J. M. Fletcher bought 

 2 fine stallions, Chambellon and Scipion, aged and 

 three-year-old champions respectively. Champeaux, 

 a stallion sold to Mr. Dillon as a five-year-old, was 

 a remarkable breeder, and his progeny must be all 

 over America. One of the finest three-year-olds I 

 ever saw was Fusain, first at Paris and Rouen. He 

 was bought by J. B. McLaughlin. Of course nearly 

 all our best stock traces back to Brilliant (756), 

 the son of Coco 2d, bom in 1867 on the farm of 

 my uncle Ernest Perriot." 



The Perriot Percherons were distinguished usu- 

 ally for their size, good bone, fine heads and well- 



