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well-balanced, "with extra good feet and legs ; he had a 

 typical Percheron head, good neck and sloping shoul- 

 ders; he was deep-bodied and massive, strong in back 

 and loin, with a fairly level croup and heavily- 

 muscled hindquarters. He had quality and much 

 style and action. He Avas used in the Jones stud 

 from 1890 till 1898. A discussion of his get will be 

 taken up later. 



In the 20 years from 1880 to 1900 no mares save 

 those of their own breeding were used in the Jones 

 stud, with one exception. One mare, and only one 

 was bought. The mares used were all of one founda- 

 tion family and what outside blood was infused came 

 through the sires. The foundation matrons were 

 good and as a result some extra good brood mares 

 were developed in the stud. Eose 604 was the real 

 foundation mare. She had three daughters, Maggie 

 578, Belle 522 and Dido 539, foaled in 1869, 1870 and 

 1871 respectively. All were by Nonnandy 351. Belle 

 proved decidedly the best of the three, indi^T-dually 

 and as a brood mare. She was a well-proportioned 

 mare of good quality and was noted for her fiery 

 temperament. Norma 1779 and Alice 1781 were her 

 two best daughters; both were by Ajax. She pro- 

 duced 10 colts of record in 14 years. 



Belle, Norma, Alice, Clio 2496, Grisette 1778, 

 Helena 1786 and Littie 1785 were the real producers 

 in this stud during the '80 's, and most of the good 

 things bred on this stock farm have descended 

 through some of these dams. Norma, Alice and 

 Grisette were the most valuable brood mares. They 



