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an importation in 1875. The horses were selected 

 by William Singmaster, but the business was 

 handled under the name of Singmaster & Sons. Four 

 Percheron stallions constituted the first importation. 

 No more were brought over until 1883 and 1884, 

 when other importations, including both mares and 

 stallions, were made. Percheron breeding by this 

 firm really started in 1885. Two colts of their own 

 breeding were raised in 1886, 2 more in 1887, 12 in 

 1888, and by 1890 14 stallions and 27 mares of their 

 own breeding had been produced. 



Romer 7596 (7471) and Francillon 9842 (10428) 

 were the most important sires used and were im- 

 ported in 1887 and 1888 respectively. Both were 

 horses of showyard caliber, and both won first hon- 

 ors in class at the Iowa State Fair. Due Doudaville 

 2d 11695 (12685), imported in 1889, was another 

 good horse, champion at the Iowa State Fair in 1890, 

 and extensively used in the stud during the next 

 decade. 



J. H. Bamett. — J. H. Barnett, of Indianola, la., 

 was one of the earliest of Iowa's Percheron breeders, 

 beginning in 1883. He did not own many Percher- 

 ons and raised only 15 of his own breeding by 1890, 

 but his horses were good in type, and he won a num- 

 ber of prizes in the open classes at the Iowa State 

 Fair in 1885, '86, '87, '88, '89 and '90. He contrib- 

 uted materially to the popularity of Percherons in 

 the central part of Iowa, and encouraged many other 

 breeders to make a start with Percherons. 



Other Breeders. — D. M. Baughman, Pulaski, la.. 



