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owned so many good ones in proportion to the total 

 number in the stud. 



The Johnson Mares. — ^In his selection of mares Mr. 

 Johnson was no less an idealist than in choosing his 

 stallions. His means were limited so that he could 

 not own many, but those he did have were the best 

 he could find. All the colts which he raised during 

 this period were out of about 18 or 20 matrons. 

 Many were show mares, and brood mares as well. 



Honest Lady 2015 (2779) was one of the best. She 

 was first at the Minnesota State Fair in 1885 and 

 again took the honors in 1887 on mare and her prod- 

 uce. She was a regular breeder, raising 6 colts in 

 7 years in the Maple Point stud, and good ones at 

 that. Mouvette 6176 (636) was second in the two- 

 year-old class at the Minnesota fair. She later went 

 to the stud of R. B. Kellogg where she produced 2 

 colts, and then was sold to D. Wittenberg, Cedar- 

 burg, Wis., for whom she raised two more. 



Sada 3060, bred by Mr. Johnson, was first in the 

 four-year-old class at Minnesota in 1887. She did not 

 raise many colts. Messagere 5129 (6762) was first in 

 the three-year-old class at the same state fair show. 

 She was an irregular breeder, but raised some good 

 colts. Clodie 5140 (7253) was second in the two-year- 

 old class at the same show and proved a brood mare 

 of worth. She was the most regular breeder in the 

 stud, except Honest Lady. Coquette 6710 (581) was 

 first among the aged mares in 1889. She raised only 

 2 colts— Atlantic 11858, sired by Seducteur, and 

 Bertine 11337, a gray mare, sired by Gilbert. Atlan- 



