CHAPTER X. 



OTHER PROMINENT FIGURES OF THE 

 PERIOD. 



Hon. Thomas W. Palmer of Detroit, United States 

 Senator from Michigan from 1883 to 1889, was an- 

 other of the leading breeders of this period. He was 

 very wealthy, having been prominently identified as 

 a stockholder or director in numerous banks, fac- 

 tories, and lake navigation companies. He had been 

 a leader in politics, also, and was influential in state 

 and national affairs. An able debater and a forceful 

 speaker, his public utterances were commended 

 widely for their clearness and the soundness of judg- 

 ment which they expressed. Mr. Palmer engaged in 

 Percheron breeding in 1883. He gradually increased 

 his stud until by 1890 he had bred 28 stallions and 

 38 mares. His foundation stock was purchased at 

 Oaklawn Farm, but he imported 2 stallions and 7 

 mares on his own account in 1883. He made another 

 importation of mares in 1886. 



Log Cabin Farm.— Mr. Palmer had two farms, but 

 his Percherons were kept on the Log Cabin Farm 

 near Detroit — land that is now in parks and golf 

 links. The place comprised about 500 acres of good 

 land, well adapted to farming and pasturage. The 



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