332 A HISTOKT OF THE PEECHERON HOHSE 



others whose Percheron studs were but fairly started 

 by the close of this epoch, and their operations will 

 be dealt with later. 



Shadeland, the Powell Bros.' stock-farm, made 

 its start in Percherons when some stallions and 

 mares were imported in 1884. Additional mares 

 were brought over in following years, and a good- 

 sized band of brood mares was owned from that time 

 on. Cresus 5435 (2513) was the most important 

 early sire used. He was a gray of good type, a son 

 of Selim (749). Noireau 5463 (1675), a gray son of 

 Narbonne 1334 (777) by Brilliant 1899, was the next 

 most important sire used. He was imported at the 

 same time Cresus was in 1884, but was nol given any 

 opportunity on the purebred mares until 1888 and 

 later. He left some good stock. The broad basis of 

 operations maintained by Powell Bros, made them 

 distributors of a great many Percherons in the east- 

 em states, but their influence on Percheron affairs 

 was lessened by reason of the fact that they were 

 dealers in all breeds and necessarily did not give 

 Percherons as strong support as would otherwise 

 have been the case. Their work was of far-reaching 

 consequence, however, and many of the Percherons 

 now in the eastern states trace to Shadeland Stock 

 Farm. 



The Little Missouri Horse Co., of Meadville, Pa., 

 was another company whose operations were far- 

 reaching in popularizing Percheron sires for breed- 

 ing up common grade stock. The stud was barely 

 started at this time, however, and the story of this 



