252 A HISTORY OP THE PERCHERON HORSE 



by Kirsch 7196 by Confident 3647 by Brilliant 1271, 

 was first in the yearling class, so that the firsts in the 

 yearling and two-year-old classes were both won by 

 great-grandsons of Brilliant 1271. Every first was 

 won by a grandson or great-grandson of Brilliant 

 1271, a record which was duly advertised by Mr. 

 Dunham, as Brilliant 1271 was then in active service 

 at the head of Oaklawn stud. 



OaJdawn Sales of '80 's. — Mr. Dunham's sales, ex- 

 tended over a wide area, and he was very influential 

 in developing breeding interests in other states. He 

 had invested nearly a quarter of a million dollars 

 in Percheron mares by 1890, and while the returns 

 were not at all commensurate he had confidence in 

 the ultimate development of Percheron breeding in 

 America. While his chief attention was centered 

 on sales of stallions, he did all he could to encourage 

 breeders in founding studs of Percherons in this 

 country. To illustrate how widely the mares were 

 distributed it may be noted that the 287 mares out 

 of which Mr. Dunham bred colts between 1870 and 

 1900, except those retained or which died, were sold 

 to 88 different buyers. Prominent purchasers of 

 mares in this epoch were: Speedwell Farms, Lyn- 

 don, Vt., whose operations are still continued; E. A. 

 Hitchcock & W. B. Cole, St. Louis, Mo., whose studs 

 were soon dispersed; G. W. Wilcoxen, Canton, 111., 

 whose good Percherons have been of inestimable 

 value in developing draft horse interests in Fulton 

 Co., HI.; H. A. Babcock, Neenah, Wis., who made 

 his money in market horse operations and bought 



