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year-old class at the Minnesota State Fair in 1885 for 

 Mr. Johnson, and was first in the aged stallion class 

 in 1886 for William Mies & Sons. 



Jupiter 4301 (2243), foaled in 1882 and imported 

 in 1885, was the next high-class sire obtained. A 

 dark gray, about 16.3 hands high, and weighing from 

 1,900 to 2,000 pounds, he was massive, drafty sort 

 with a great deal of symmetry and finish. He was 

 distinctly in-bred, as he was begot by a son of Bril- 

 liant 1899 out of a daughter of Brilliant 1899. He 

 sired 4 colts for Mr. Johnson before he was sold 

 to William & James Warden, of Frankfort, S. D. In 

 the hands of the Wardens he was used on some 

 Percheron mares, leaving 12 purebred colts, but his 

 chief service was on grade mares. 



Not content with anything less than the closest 

 possible approach to ideal Percheron type, Mr. John- 

 son bought in 1886 two of the greatest sons of Bril- 

 liant 1271— Briard 5317 (1630) and Gilbert 5154 

 (461). Briard was a rugged, big horse, which stood 

 about 17 hands high and weighed a little over a 

 ton. Nicely balanced, with two good ends and a 

 middle, he was a heavy-boned and heavy-muscled 

 horse, but lacked a little in finish. He sired some ex- 

 cellent stock, built after his own pattern. Mr. John- 

 son paid M. W. Dunham $5,000 for Briard and after 

 a season's use sold him to Hon. E. W. Daniels, of 

 Buffalo, N. Y., for $4,500. He was used on the raph 

 at Kelso, N. D., owned by Daniels & Winsor. -He 

 sired only 3 colts at Maple Point, but left 11 other 

 purebreds in North Dakota. Colts sired by him in 



