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ovia at the same time. Niger was a black son of 

 Picador 2d (5606) and was much like his illustrious 

 grandsire, Picador 1st (7330), the foundation sire 

 of the strain bearing his name. A massive, drafty 

 horse weighing around a ton, Niger had a great deal 

 of quality and finish. His colts were excellent and he 

 was long at the head of the stud. The stud continued 

 throughout the next decade in spite of hard times, 

 but inasmuch as it was only well started by 1890 

 a more exhaustive consideration of its work will be 

 taken up in another chapter. 



George E. Case. — ^At St. Peter, Minn., George E. 

 Case, a merchant, established a Percheron stud by 

 direct importations from France. His ranked among 

 the first 20 breeding establishments of America by 

 1890. He imported 28 mares in 1883, '84, and '85, 

 and some 35 stallions. Most of the mares were re- 

 tained for his own use and by 1890 he had raised 

 some 16 stallions and 19 mares of his own breeding. 

 At the same time he continued his importations and 

 was actively engaged in the sale of stallions. As a di- 

 rector of the American Percheron Horse Breeders' 

 Association he was very influential in spreading the 

 gospel of better blood for draft horse improvement in 

 the northwest. 



Margot 3033 (1341) and Sandi 3803 (444) were the 

 first two sires used by Mr. Case, but they left very 

 few colts. Sandi was a good type, a thick and mas- 

 sive gray with a deal of quality. He was sired by 

 Brilliant 1271 out of a daughter of Coco 2d. Not 

 being imported until past four years of age, he left a 



