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he had given much attention to the breeding of the 

 best horses in France and America and he was of 

 the opinion that a sire with a known record as a 

 getter was decidedly better than a young one. His 

 purchase of Waterloo had been guided by this con- 

 sideration. The age of the horse and the fact that 

 he proved after importation to be a shy breeder 

 troubled Mr. Kellogg. Fenelon's failure set him back 

 again and he was forced to look further for a sire. 

 Brilliant's success in Oaklawn stud caused him to 

 look for a horse of somewhat similar breeding, and 

 he finally purchased Narbonne 1334 (777) in 1885, 

 This horse was foaled in 1876 and had been imported 

 in 1881 by M. W. Dunham, who sold him to J. Barnes 

 & Co., Shannon, 111. Mr. Kellogg had learned that 

 Narbonne had sired many good things in France and 

 that many of the animals imported in 1882 and 1883 

 were by him. He also ascertained that Narbonne was 

 sired by Brilliant 1899 out of a daughter of Favori 

 1st, and he liked the colts sired at Shannon. Ac- 

 cordingly Narbonne was purchased as an eight-year- 

 old in 1884. He sired 5 stallions and 3 mares for 

 Mr. Kellogg. No informa,tion is obtainable as to his 

 final disposition, but from the fact that he sired colts 

 at the Kellogg Stock Farm in 1884, '85, and '86 it 

 must be concluded that Narbonne, like Waterloo, 

 had seen too much service before Mr. Kellogg se- 

 cured him. 



Non Pareil 7248 (sans Pareil 6870) was imported 

 by Mr. Kellogg in 1887. He was a gray grandson 

 of Romulus 873 (785), the first-prize aged horse at 



