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pointing. '. His best descendants come from the cross 

 of Gilbert or his sons on daughters or granddaught- 

 ers of Briard ; he furnished the quality and finish to 

 sweeten up the Briard stock. He sired 89 colts in 

 America, most of which were bred by Leonard John- 

 son and the subsequent owner of the stallion, Alex- 

 ander Miller. 



Leopold 7011 (6221), foaled in 1885 and imported 

 as a two-year-old, was another good colt, a large, 

 heavy-boned, rugged draft horse of good lines and 

 a fetching way of going. He was sired by Voltaire 

 3540 (443), one of the three best sons of Brilliant 

 1271, out of a granddaughter of Favori 1st. He came 

 from Ernest Perriot and sired 7 colts of record while 

 at Maple Point. 



Tripoli 11110 (20034) was the last of the great 

 group of sires used by Mr. Johnson during this peri- 

 od. He was probably the best colt that Gilbert ever 

 sired, being out of a daughter of Brilliant 1899. A 

 black standing about 16.2 hands high and weighing 

 around a ton in show condition, he was a winner in 

 France and took first as a three-year-old at the Chi- 

 cago show in 1890. He was much like Gilbert in 

 type, but far excelled him as a sire, his colts being 

 uniformly good in type and color. He subsequently 

 headed the Upson Farm stud in North Dakota. 



A review of the sires used at Maple Point shows 

 that Mr. Johnson's judgment was of the best. It is 

 doubtful whether any stud in this country ever 

 owned so many high-class sires in so short a time. 

 Certainly no establishment in America has ever 



