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won second on Queen of Perche 5056 (6740) in the 

 aged mare class for heavy-weights, this mare having 

 won championship at the Percheron Society of 

 France show at Nogent in June of that year. These 

 winnings and others were enough to make EUwood 

 Green widely advertised, for cases are few and far 

 between where new exhibitors break into the top 

 ranks at the very outset to so great an extent. 



Cheri and Seducteur. — Cheri was the first noted 

 horse used at EUwood Green, and it was most unfor- 

 tunate that high condition inhibited his career in the 

 stud. He sired but 17 stallions and 22 mares during 

 Ms service in 1885, 1886, 1887 and 1888. He died 

 in 1888. King of Perche 4975 (6738) was still more 

 unfortunate; he also died in 1888 with but 9 stallions 

 and 4 mares to his credit. The loss of these horses, 

 probably largely due to too high condition main- 

 tained for too long a period, was a distinct injury to 

 Percheron interests in America. Cheri was a most 

 remarkable horse. Foaled in 1881 and imported in 

 1885, he was about 17 hands in height, weighed over 

 a ton, and was a compact, well-proportioned stallion 

 with good style, finish and action. He was gray in 

 color, heavy-boned, but with excellent quality, and 

 such colts as he did get were good ones. He too 

 was line-bred, being sired by a grandson of Coco 2d 

 (714) out of a daughter of Coco 2d, and had his 

 career in the stud been longer continued much bene- 

 fit to the breed would have accrued. King of Perche 

 was a marvelously finished show horse, but lacked 

 in size. 



