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tie left no purebred progeny and Bertine had only 

 2 colts. Elise 9675 (12262) stood first for Maple 

 Point at the Minnesota fair of 1889 and Gretchen 

 4649, bred by Rufus B. Kellogg, won second for the 

 Johnson stable. Gretchen was a regular producer 

 of good colts but Elise raised only 3. 



As a whole Mr. Johnson's females were excep- 

 tional brood mares, producing high-class progeny, 

 though the percentage of colts raised was dishearten- 

 ing. 



Showyard Record. — Mr. Johnson was an enthusi- 

 astic exhibitor from the outset. He was the heaviest 

 winner at the Minnesota State Fair at the beginning 

 and he continued his lead despite strong competition, 

 although T. L. & J. L. DeLancey bested him in the 

 later '80 's. He captured a fair share of the prizes 

 at the leading shows of that period which were an- 

 nually held at Chicago. It is probable that no prize 

 ever gave him keener pleasure than winning the gold 

 medal offered by the Societe Hippique de Percher- 

 onne in 1886 at the Percheron Society show in Chi- 

 cago for the best stallion bred in America. At this 

 show, the greatest held in the '80 's, with more than 

 300 Percherons in the competition, Mr. Johnson won 

 the coveted medal on Eclipse 3066, a colt of his own 

 breeding, sired by Leman 1954 (1055) out of Selia 

 2012. This was a gray of good type and size, after- 

 ward used in the stud of J. L. LaValley, McCauley- 

 ville, Minn., where he sired some 18 purebred colts. 

 Mr. Johnson showed many colts of his own breeding 

 and with good results. 



