290 A HISTORY OF THE PERCHERON HORSE 



whose owners were not looking for buyers and who 

 could only be persuaded to part with them for long 

 prices. ' ' 



These importations gave Mr. Pabst more than 50 

 mares of producing age from 1886 on. He raised 17 

 colts in 1887, 20 in 1888, 13 in 1889, and 10 in 1890— 

 a total of 27 stallions and 23 mares. Some trouble 

 must have been encountered, as a review of Mr. 

 Pabst 's records shows that he had 51 mares of pro- 

 ducing age in 1890 and yet raised only 10 colts. In the 

 absence of specific data it must be concluded that 

 abortion entered the stud; a large number of his 

 most reliable brood mares missed foaling in 1889 and 

 1890, as is definitely shown by the records. 



Burg, Vigoreux 9218 (5615), Voltaire 5316 (2221), 

 and Prince Jerome 4445 (480) were the chief sires in 

 service, although some 16 or 18 other horses were 

 used to a slight extent at various times. Burg was 

 the leading sire and remained at the head of the 

 stud from 1885, when it was founded, until 1890. In 

 that year he was sold to J. B. Johnson of Montford, 

 Wis. 



As an individual Burg was of showyard caliber. 

 He was a rather blocky, massive type, with excep- 

 tionally heavy bone and a good deal of quality. He 

 was quite well proportioned, stylish, of all-around 

 draft qualities, and weighed over a ton. He won first 

 as a two-year-old at the annual show held by the 

 Societe Hippique de Percheronne in France in 1884. 

 He was not shown to any great extent in America, 

 but was first in the class for stallion and five of his 



