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class colts. He was crippled while young, which de- 

 barred him from the showring, and undoubtedly 

 limited his use to some extent. He was a grandson 

 of Brilliant 1271, through Childebert 4283 (451). 

 Forfait was somewhat smaller and a show horse of 

 much finish, somewhat on the type of Gilbert. Ha 

 was useful in imparting more style and finish. The 

 stud was dispersed in November, 1901, and while 

 the stock did much good in the hands of new owners, 

 more would have been accomplished had it been held 

 intact by John Huston, who was a most observant, 

 constructive breeder. 



E. Hodgson and "W. E. Prichard, both of Ottawa, 

 111., held persistently on, and raised some extra good 

 mares during this time, most of which were sired by 

 Confident 3647 (397), at the head of the Nagle stud. 

 Mr. Prichard used Confident a little more freely than 

 Mr. Hodgson did and got more high-class brood 

 mares by him. The best animals owned in both 

 studs at the present time are daughters or grand- 

 daughters of Confident, and both these veteran 

 breeders, now in their '70 's, agree in declaring that 

 they should have bought the old horse early in the 

 '90 's. As it was, his colts raised at Nagle 's were 

 stunted and the breed lost much good blood it should 

 have received from a really great sire.* 



*M. C. Hodgson & Sons wrote the following Interesting note 

 in January, 1915: 



"Hattie 2d 23757, foaled in 1899, by Conttdent, has raised 8 

 colts in 11 years, besides foaling 2 which died young. We still 

 own 3 of these colts, which we value conservatively at $1,600, and 

 have sold 4 of her colts, foaled in 1905, '07, '09 and '10, for $4,400 

 — an average of $1,100 each. Three were sold as two-year-olds 

 and one as a three. We sold the first colt out of her oldest 



