A PERIOD OP PROPOUND DEPRESSION M'6 



in Percheron affairs throughout the hard times. 

 Some importations were made each year up to 1893, 

 and while many mares were sold, the number kept 

 at Oaklawn was considerable. Approximately 200 

 mares were owned and kept at Oaklawn or were out 

 on lease during '91 and '92. A good many were 

 sold in '92 and '93, so that the mares on hand on 

 July 1, 1893, totaled but 115 head. On July 1, 1897, 

 there were 133 and on May 21, 1901, 89 head. The 

 number of colts bred, raised and subsequently record- 

 ed was as follows, by years: 1891, 30 stallions and 

 23 mares; 1892, 32 stallions and 29 mares; 1893, 21 

 stallions and 25 mares; 1894, 10 stallions and 16 

 mares; 1895, 13 stallions and 12 mares; 1896, 21 stal- 

 lions and 15 mares; 1897, 23 stallions and 19 mares; 

 1898, 26 stallions and 35 mares; 1899, 15 stallions 

 and 14 mares; 1900, 25 stallions and 7 mares — a total 

 of 216 stallions and 204 mares for the decade. It is 

 interesting to note that although in some particular 

 years one sex greatly outnumbered the other, the 

 total for the 10 years is nearly the same for each sex. 

 The chief sires used at Oaklawn in this period 

 were as follows: Brilliant 1271 (755), in 1891 and 

 1892 (he died early in 1893); Marathon 11410 

 (10386), for the season of 1890 only; Brilliant 3d 

 11116 (2919), in 1891 and 1892; Aiglon 13145 

 (8187), in the years from 1892 to 1896; Introuvable 

 16875 (24146) from 1893 to 1896; and Villers 13169 

 (8081) from April 19, 1897, to March 15, 1900. 

 <^BriUiant 3d.— Next to Brilliant 1271, Brilliant 3d 

 was the greatest of this group of great sires. He 



