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bred by Mr. Dunham and reserved for his own use. 

 He had 43 mares in 1889, only 28 of which were old 

 enough to produce colts, and a comparison of the 

 records made by his mares shows that he had more 

 regular-producing brood mares in proportion to total 

 number owned than either Oaklawn or Ellwood 

 Green farms. Probably this was due in part to the 

 fact that he kept his best breeding females, and in 

 part to their being maintained under farm condi- 

 tions, where some work was required. 



Marquis 868 (774), a son of Superior 454 (730) 

 out of a daughter of Coco 2d, was the leading sire 

 used at this time. He was a gray of good type and 

 left some very good colts. Prosper 2501 (1155), a 

 gray imported in 1883 by Oaklawn Farm, was the 

 next sire of consequence. He was sired by Vaillant 

 (404) out of a daughter of Prosper (893). He was 

 a large, massive, heavy-boned horse of very rugged 

 type and crossed well on the daughters of Marquis 

 868 (774). Don Brilliant 2029 (2482), a black son 

 of Brilliant 1899 out of a daughter of Favori 1st 

 (711), was used a little later. He stood 16 hands 

 high, weighed about 1,900 pounds and was imported 

 by Daniel Dunham in 1882, with others, and sold to 

 J. W. Morgan & Co., Tower Hill, HI. The colts he 

 sired were of such excellent character and so uniform 

 that Mr. Dunham bought him back in 1890 at a long 

 price. He left the choicest colts of any sire used, 

 but had a select band of mares to work on. 



Mares were sold by Daniel Dunham to William 

 Holegate, Wyoming, HI., C. P. Dewey, Toulon, 111., 



