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was that of H. G. McMillan, whose Lakewood stud 

 at Rock Rapids, la., has furnished more American- 

 bred prize-winners than any other stud in America 

 in the past 20 years. 



Mr. McMillan had grown up with good horses, as 

 his father, located near AYashington, la., had been 

 a strong supporter of draft horses for farm work 

 and a patron of the earliest Percheron sires taken 

 to that part of Iowa. H. G. McMillan himself, after 

 being admitted to the bar, located at Rock Rapids, 

 la,, and soon w^on prominence in law and politics. 

 He was a heavy purchaser of farm land, and Lake- 

 wood Farm, located near Rock Rapids, comprised 

 about 1,000 acres during the '80 's and '90 's. 



To Lakewood Farm Mr. McMillan took some of the 

 good mares of his father's breeding — mares which 

 had 4 and 5 top crosses by purebred Percheron sires. 

 The economic advantage which these heavy draft 

 mares had in farm operations impressed him, and 

 as he had faith in the ultimate outcome for horse- 

 breeding he bought in 1896 the entire Percheron stud 

 of J. H. Funk, consisting of about 30 head. 



Mr. Funk had started in the '80 's, while located 

 near Dwight, 111. His foundation stock was drawn 

 from the Dillons, D. H. Vandolah, J. J. Kemp and 

 Copeland & Holder. He had selected some of the 

 best stock obtainable from these importers and 

 transferred his Percheron horses to a farm near 

 Iowa Falls, la., about 1890. Here he bred Nubian 

 17467, foaled in 1892, the horse at the head of the 

 stud when it was purchased by Lakewood Farm. 



