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he did halter-break and grain-feed the stallions in- 

 tended for sale and the horses meant for the show- 

 ring. The proportion of colts raised to mares owned 

 was at this time about 25 per cent, the low increase 

 evidently being due to acclimation troubles and 

 losses among the foals. 



Mr. Coad was fortunate in importing a very good 

 sire, Henri Le Blanc 4542 (2433), at the time he 

 secured his mares. This horse did much good, but 

 his owner obtained a much greater one in 1888 in 

 Turc 6539, a stallion imported by W. L. EUwood. 

 This sire, a black with both hind pasterns and one 

 front one white, was a son of Confident 3647 (397), 

 he by Brilliant 1271 out of a daughter of Coco 2d. 

 He was a large, massive horse, standing a fraction 

 over 17 hands high and weighing over a ton. He was 

 well-proportioned, stood well on his feet and legs, 

 and was a clean-cut horse of excellent style and 

 quality. As a sire, he proved to be extremely pre- 

 potent and got big, rugged colts that weighed from 

 1,700 to 1,900 pounds in ordinary field condition at 

 three years of age. His colts were symmetrical, 

 stood well on their underpinning and were almost 

 invariably sound and clean. He remained in service 

 at the head of Mr. Coad's stud for a number of years. 

 His colts were so extremely good that James M. 

 Fletcher bought two carloads of the stallions in 1897 

 and considered them extra good, both as individuals 

 and as breeders. They finished out as big, drafty 

 horses, most of them weighing over a ton, and sired 

 draft colts rugged and sound. 



