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the only one of this remarkable galaxy of grandsons 

 through which the blood of the two Brilliants has 

 largely dominated the breed that is not out of a 

 daughter of Brilliant 1899. He is closely allied in 

 breeding, however, as his dam, Eobine (5697), was 

 a sister to the dam of Brilliant 1899. 



Three other noted prize-winners of the same period 

 — Producteur 4280 (68), winner of first prizes both 

 abroad and in America, La Ferte 5144 (452), a show 

 horse of extraordinary merit, and Cheri 5079 (2423), 

 a noted winner on both sides of the ocean — have not 

 been nearly so noted as sires and seldom appear now 

 in the blood of winning horses. None was line-bred 

 to any such degree as the five previously named, 

 and only one. La Ferte, was of Brilliant blood, he 

 being out of a daughter of Brilliant 1899. 



The conclusion which must be drawn is that the 

 accumulation of the characters which made both 

 Brilliant 1899 and Brilliant 1271 valuable as indi- 

 viduals and as sires, by the expedient of combining 

 their blood through line-breeding made their de- 

 scendants extraordinarily valuable, not only because 

 of unusual excellence as draft horses, but because 

 of the power to transmit that excellence which we 

 call prepotency. Ernest Perriot, Sr., has the honor 

 of having brought about the breeding of all five of 

 these line-bred sires of great note, and there is no 

 question but that he has exerted a greater influence 

 on the Percheron breed since 1880 than any other 

 breeder in France or America. 



Developments at Oaklawn. — With three of the 



