258 A HISTORY OF THE PERCHERON HORSE ' 



Urbain 6805 (5680), foaled in 1883 and imported 

 in 1887, was also used at the head of the stud, and 

 sired 11 stallions and 13 mares. He was a rugged, 

 big horse, very good throughout. He won first at 

 the national show at Rennes, France, in 1887 and 

 third in the aged stallion class at the American 

 Horse Show, Chicago, in 1890. Rigilo 4980 (2103) 

 was another very good horse, foaled in 1883 and 

 imported in 1886, that proved to be a very good 

 breeder. He was first at the Illinois State Fair in 

 1889 in the class for stallion and five of his get. 



Seducteur 8850 was probably the greatest stock 

 horse ever used at Ellwood Green. He was first in 

 the two-year-old class at the show of the Societe 

 Hippique Percheronne in 1886, and was second at 

 the same show in 1888, being beaten only by his half- 

 brother Brilliant 3d 11116. In 1890 Seducteur won 

 first at the Amierican Horse Show at Chicago, and 

 one of his colts. Albatross 13062 (30051), won first 

 in the two-year-old class. Seducteur also won in 

 the class for stallion and three of his get. The ex- 

 cessively high condition in which he was kept from 

 1886 to 1890 later affected his breeding powers, and 

 he was a poor getter throughout his life. His colts, 

 however, were so extraordinarily good that he was 

 valued very highly and was subsequently at the head 

 of two other purebred studs. No sire used in the 

 west in the past 25 years stands higher than Seduc- 

 teur in the estimation of American breeders. In- 

 dividually he was large, standing about 17 hands 

 high and weighing considerably over 2,100 pounds 



