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and were also active breeders of other draft horses. 

 They exerted a greater direct influence dn draft 

 horse operations in central Illinois than any other 

 breeders of this period, and many of the leading 

 studs in McLean, Tazewell, Livingston and La Salle 

 counties are founded wholly or in part on stock from 

 the Dillon stud. 



Sires Used. — The chief sires which the Dillons used 

 at this time were Extrador 4525 (386), imported by 

 them in 1883, and Papillon 3559 (379), imported 

 by Mr. Dunham. Both horses were of the rugged, 

 massive type and bred very drafty colts. Powerful 

 6670 (Bayard 7519) was one of the best sires ever 

 imported by the Dillons, but he was sold by them 

 in 1882 to William Hurt, Arrowsmith, 111., and was 

 not used in their own stud, though they subsequently 

 bought and used one of his sons, Dave P. 14366, bred 

 by William Hurt. Favora 1542 (765), foaled in 

 1868 and imported in 1880 by the Dillons, was an- 

 other horse of great note in Percheron breeding. He 

 was about 17 hands high, weighed over a ton even 

 after 12 years old, and was an extremely well pro- 

 portioned, rugged, heavy-boned horse whose stock 

 was noted for size and draftiness. He was among 

 the winners at the World's Exposition at Paris in 

 1878, and although a very aged horse for showring 

 work took first at St. Louis in 1880. He sired but 

 5 colts in this country, probably because he had been 

 used to the limit in France and then fitted to a very 

 high condition in his ten- and twelve-year-old form 

 for show. It is evident also that he had but slight 



