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of that family. He influenced Percheron breeding 

 very favorably, for his horses were of real merit. 



G. W. Stubblefield was the leading importer among 

 the men of that name in McLean county, and many 

 of the studs in central Illinois were founded on pur- 

 chases made from him. His early operations as an 

 importer have already been discussed. His breeding 

 operations were incidental, for he was primarily an 

 importer and dealer. Eight stallions and 10 mares 

 are on I'ecord as bred by him from 1881 to 1890. He 

 had but 5 or 6 mares, of which Queen of the "West 

 598 proved the most valuable. Henry Abrahams 224 

 was one of his best sires — an extremely prepotent 

 horse that influenced the grade stock of McLean 

 county quite strongly. St. Hilaire 3911 (2965), an- 

 other good stock horse, left more purebred descen- 

 dants ; he was a well-balanced, massive horse weigh- 

 ing about a ton, and left some very good stock. 



In Tazewell. — In Tazewell Co., 111., Percheron 

 breeding was started by the importations made by 

 J. W. Eichmond. These horses went to William R. 

 Baldwin and others about Delavan, HI. Baldwin also 

 bought some horses from Mr. EUwood, among them 

 Jambe d 'Argent 5796 (8233), a black horse of Favori 

 1st (711) breeding. This horse proved to be extra 

 good and did much good in Tazewell county. Eomeo 

 12725, later used at the head of Wm. Hurt & Sons' 

 stud, was bred by Baldwin and was by this sire. 



D. H. & F. S. Allen started in 1888 and have never 

 been out of Percheron breeding. E. A. Brawner, 

 an uncle of the Aliens, was in on their first importa- 



