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He was hardly as symmetrical as his predecessors, 

 and was a bit coarse; but his colts were large and 

 sold well, and they have bred on very satisfactorily. 

 Introuvable died at Oaklawn Farm on June 22, 

 1897. 



Aiglon 13145 (8187) was used in the stud from 

 1892 to 1896 and sired more colts at Oaklawn than 

 any other horse used during this decade. He is gen- 

 erally considered the greatest son Gilbert 5154 ever 

 sired. His dam, Bijou (4328), was a half-sister of 

 La Ferte 5144. She was a very large mare, standing 

 about 17 hands high and weighing about 2,100 

 pounds. With all her size she was a mare of unusual 

 finish and was one of the best mares in France dur- 

 ing her time. Individually Aiglon was about 16.1 

 hands high and weighed about 1,900 pounds. He 

 was of a rather blocky type, deep-bodied, massive, 

 very heavy in muscling, and symmetrical in build. 

 His quality and finish were excellent, and his colts, 

 while not the largest, were unusually good and sold 

 at high prices. 



La Ferte 5144, previously discussed, was used to 

 some extent during this time, but was out on lease 

 to M. .0. Brownlee, Little York, 111., in 1893. He 

 died in 1895. 



Villers 13169 (8081) was sold to H. A. Babcock, 

 Neenah, Wis., and was used by him from 1890 to 

 1897. Mr. Dunham was so impressed with the char- 

 acter of his colts that he bought him back on April 

 19, 1897, and he was used at Oaklawn for four 

 seasons. He was about 17 hands in height and 



