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very large number of colts, and was a frequent and 

 successful exhibitor at Nogent, Paris and other lead- 

 ing shows, not only with stallions but with mares as 

 well. In 1886 he won first at Nogent in yeld mares 

 with Queen of Perche, and first, second and third in 

 the two-year-old stallion class on Seducteur (7057), 

 Phenix (6983) and Fils de Voltaire (6832), also tak- 

 ing first for best lot of stallions. M. Tacheau was 

 one of the members of the executive committee of 

 the Societe Hippique Percheronne after its organ- 

 ization in 1883. He died at Cannes in March, 1906. 



Auguste Tacheau, Jr., has more than sustained 

 his father's reputation and it is not too much to 

 say that he is one of the foremost French breeders of 

 this day and generation. 



Charles Paul Aveline. — Another tower of strength 

 in the Percheron trade at the tinie of the establish- 

 ment of the stud book in France was the late M. Ave- 

 line, whose death in January, 1916, was mourned 

 on both sides the Atlantic by all familiar with lat- 

 ter-day Percheron history. Bom in 1853, the son 

 of a breeder and farmer of high local repute, he early 

 made his mark as a farmer, stallioner and breeder 

 at La Crochetiere, Verrieres, Ome, a district which 

 from time immemorial has been celebrated for rich 

 pastures and good horses. 



The first reference made to M. Aveline in the gov- 

 ernment haras records is in 1883, as the owner of a 

 17-hand, iron-gray stallion known as Brilliant. He 

 was given a bonus of 300 francs by the government 

 authorities in that year. Another stallion named 



