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his Percherons with seasoned judgment; Willard & 

 E\iller, Mapleton, Minn.; The Minnesota Percheron 

 Horse Co., Cazenovia, Minn.; T. & J. Harper, Paw 

 Paw, IE.; W. J. Jordan & Son, Newbem, Va.; Par- 

 sons & Baldwin, Watervliet, Mich.; W. H. Penny, 

 Stronghurst, DL, and many others. 



Oaklawn sold more history-making sires than any 

 other establishment during this period. Among 

 those which have exerted a far-reaching influence 

 on the breed in this country were the following: 



Confident 3647 (397), sold to E. Nagle & Sons, 

 Grand Eidge, HI., as a four-year-old for $3,500. 

 yPenelon 2682 (38), sold to E. KeUogg, Green Bay, 

 Wis., as a four-year-old for $3,500. He was subse- 

 quently sold to E. A. Hitchcock of St. Louis for 

 $6,000, and later headed the stud of Thomas W. Pal- 

 mer, then President of the American Percheron 

 Breeders' Association. 



Gilbert 5154 (461), sold to Leonard Johnson as a 

 four-year-old for $3,200. 



Briard 5317 (1630), sold to Leonard Johnson as a 

 four-year-old for $5,000. (All of these were imported 

 sons of Brilliant 1271). 



Producteur 4280 (68), sold to Brickman & Baker, 

 EednerviUe, Ontario. 



Other sires sold at this time that were of great 

 value were: 



Bavardo 7236, sold to J. H. Smith, MUo, la., in 

 1888 as a yearling for $1,200 and used chiefly on 

 grade mares; Bendago 11807, sold to G. S. Hanna, 

 Bloomington, HI., in 1890 as a yearling for $1,200, 



