222 A HISTORY OF THE PERCHERON HORSE 



ing his active period of service in France it has been 

 recorded that "during the 6 years that he served 

 mares for M. Tacheau he acquired in the district 

 as a stallion a reputation almost without equal, 

 his progeny always being remarkable for their 

 quality and their size." 



M. Tacheau also bought from M. Sagot Coco 2d, 

 a stallion that won many prizes, and, according to 

 M. Pelleray and others, was the greatest sire of his 

 day in all Perche. The name of Tacheau also will 

 be associated with the celebrated stallion Besigue, 

 sold to go to Dr. Hartman of Columbus, 0.; the 

 great horse died unfortunately on ship board on 

 the Atlantic Ocean. 



Probably the most noted stallion America ever 

 obtained from the Tacheau stables was Seducteur, 

 imported in 1888 by W. L. Ellwood and afterwards 

 the property of H. G. McMillan. It was from M. 

 Tacheau also that Mr. Ellwood bought Baccarat, a 

 prizewinner in France, which sold as a three-year-old 

 to Rufus B. Kellogg of Green Bay, Wis., for $6,000. 

 In 1883 M. W. Dunham bought 20 two-year-old colts 

 from M. Tacheau at $20,000 for the lot. Other pre- 

 potent sires from Tacheau 's were Bibi and Jupiter. 



Auguste Tacheau 's interest in Percherons was 

 transmitted to his son, thus carrying on the tradi- 

 tional attachment of the family to the draft horse 

 stock that has made the Perche famous on both 

 sides the Atlantic. Tacheau pere was always pop- 

 ular with the American buyers of his time. He 

 operated in a country of rich pastures, handled a 



