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to his source, found that he was bred by D. C. 

 Graham, Cameron, 111. Sebastopol was an aged horse 

 when he sired the world-renowned champion, but 

 this performance was no fluke, as he sired many 

 high-class geldings that sold at good prices. It 

 seems unfortunate that a horse with such a record 

 as a gelding-getter should not have been used on 

 purebred mares, but so far as can be ascertained he 

 left but one purebred colt, the Percheron mare Sebas- 

 tin 17105, foaled in 1892, and she left but few colts. 

 The old horse was owned by B. F. Tinkham, Cam- 

 eron, 111., at the time he sired Big Jim. 



Savage & Famum exhibited quite freely at the 

 Michigan and Ohio State Fairs and with fair suc- 

 cess. This combined with the general advertising 

 done by the firm, assisted materially in popularizing 

 the breed in their territory. 



Jacob P. Sleight, Bath, Mich., began Percheron 

 breeding in 1882. His first purchases were made 

 from M. W. Dunham, T. Hall and H. Walker & Sons. 

 He bred a few good colts. Abydos 960 (869), bought 

 from Oaklawn Farm, was his best producer. 



Parsons & Baldwin, Watervliet, Mich., began in 

 1884, and bred 9 Percherons by 1890. They began 

 with the purchase of Floreda 1490 (1433) and her 

 daughter Flora 2964, sired by Brilliant 1271. These 

 were secured from M. W. Dunham. Flora was bred 

 to Confident, owned by Nagle & Sons, in 1886, and 

 to this service she foaled Nancy 10089, one of the 

 three best mares owned by the firm during this 

 epoch. Floreda was undoubtedly the greatest brood 



