280 A HISTORY OF THE PEECHERON HORSE 



sketched, and Cheer 2017 (1404) were the two good 

 sires obtained by Mr. Johnson in 1881. Cheer was a 

 nice-turned, medium-sized horse weighing about 

 1,750, but a very good sire. Each of these sired 3 

 Percheron colts before being sold from Maple Point. 

 In 1883 Mr. Johnson obtained La Grange 3065 (1334) 

 and Baptiste 3064' (41), both clinking good horses 

 as individuals and as sires. La Grange was foaled 

 in 1880 and imported in 1883. He was a winner at 

 the leading shows in France and was the best horse 

 which Taeheau had in '83. He was sired by Brilliant 

 1271 out of a daughter of Coco 2d (714). A gray of 

 excellent conformation, style, and quality, he was a 

 show horse of the top kind. He left but one colt at 

 Maple Point before he was sold to F. J. Shoe, of Shoe, 

 Minn., after which he was used on grade mares. 



Baptiste was a horse of much the same type as 

 La Grange, and a winner abroad. He was a gray 

 two-year-old when imported. He was sired by a son 

 of Vidocq 483 out of a granddaughter of Superior 

 454, both of which sires had been used at Maple 

 Point. Baptiste was a compact, massive horse, 

 standing about 16.3 hands high and weighing about 

 a ton. He was a horse of wonderful finish. He was 

 sold by Mr. Johnson to William Mies & Sons, of 

 Hampton, Minn., at an early date. He left only one 

 colt at Maple Point, but he sired 28 purebreds for 

 Mies & Sons, 5 for Thomas Irvine, and 7 for G. S. 

 Horton. He was used extensively on grade mares 

 also and has contributed materially to Percheron im- 

 provement in Minnesota. He won first in the four- 



