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about 17 hands high and weighed 2,150 pounds in 

 show condition. He was fairly well-proportioned 

 and very good in action. He won first as an aged 

 stallion at the Wisconsin State Fair in 1892, and 

 was also first in the class for get-of-sire. He won 

 second in the same classes at the Minnesota State 

 Fair the same year. His colts were large and of 

 rugged draft type. 



N. W. Morley, Baraboo, Wis., began in 1886 by 

 purchasing some Percherons from M. W. Dunham. 

 By 1890 he had bred and raised 5 stallions and 8 

 mares, and his operations, while not extensive, were 

 with good stock. Ravenstein 1301, sired by Bril- 

 liant 1899 out of a half-sister to his own (Bril- 

 liant's) dam, was the first sire used. He left some 

 good colts and the best one Morley ever raised, Sadi 

 8233, a stallion, was sired by Bavenstein out of 

 Florentine 969 (875). Bon Coeur 3479 (367) was an- 

 other good sire used to some extent at an early date. 

 He was a line-bred Brilliant, sired by Brilliant 1271 

 out of a daughter of Brilliant 1899. His colts were 

 uniform and a good kind. 



Other Michigan Breeders. — Mr. Palmer's work, 

 already reviewed, was supplemented by the work of 

 27 other Michigan breeders. Among the most prom- 

 inent were Savage & Famum of Grrosse Isle, Jacob 

 P. Sleight of Bath, and E. Woodman of Paw Paw. 



Savage & Famum were advertising agents, en- 

 gaged in placing advertising in leading papers 

 throughout the country. They had a farm on an 

 island in the river below Detroit and here they 



