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studs. Both were men of wealth and business ability, 

 well educated and widely travelled, and their influ- 

 ence was unquestionably large in favorably shaping 

 Wisconsin's sentiment toward Percherons. 



Wauwatosa Farm. — The Wauwatosa stud, estab- 

 lished by Fred Pabst in 1885, was started with the 

 stallion Burg 4444 (2241) and 29 mares imported di- 

 rect from France. In 1886 Mr. Pabst imported 26 

 more mares. Other stallions were imported each 

 year, but Burg remained at the head of the stud and 

 his leadership was never threatened. 



Mr. Pabst in his first catalog, issued in 1890, gives 

 his reasons for establishing a Percheron stud as fol- 

 lows: 



"It is a'well-known fact that I did not go into the 

 business of raising horses as a mere money specula- 

 tion. I did it because I thought I could advance a 

 great interest in our state. It is universally admitted 

 that the majority of the best Clydesdales imported to 

 this country have for years been brought direct to 

 the state of Wisconsin, but many of our people pre- 

 ferred the Percherons, and were going into neighbor- 

 ing states to procure them, because they there found 

 better ones than could be found at home. 



"I take a pride in the state in which I live and in 

 which all my interests lie, and I determined that I 

 would breed right here in our own state as good, 

 or better, Percherons than could be found elsewhere, 

 and to this purpose, I, in 1885, sent a man of expe- 

 rience to France with instructions to buy a herd of 

 mares, the best to be found in that country, irre- 

 spective of prices. These mares were bought at 

 prices that ordinary importers, who buy to sell again, 

 could not afford to pay. They were brood mares, 



