366 A HISTORY OP THE PERCHERON HORSE 



Mr. Funk had other business interests and could not 

 give personal attention to his Percherons. His men 

 had not been good horsemen and he had grown so 

 discouraged that he took Mr. McMillan to his farm 

 in the winter, when the horses were thin, ill-con- 

 ditioned and rough in the extreme, and practical- 

 ly forced their sale at a mere song. Despite the 

 bad condition of the horses, they had real merit in 

 blood and individuality and soon grew into high- 

 class horses when put under proper conditions. 

 Nubian developed into a very large, massive stallion, 

 standing over 17 hands high and weighing over 

 2,200 pounds when in good condition. He was fairly 

 well-proportioned, and heavy in bone, with flint-like 

 quality in cannons and joints. His colts averaged 

 well in size and type and were above the average in 

 soundness. The mares bought from Mr. Punk proved 

 good breeders and one, Myrtha 8133 (12601), was 

 one of the most valuable brood mares owned in the 

 early history of the Lakewood stud. She was the 

 dam of Nubian and of several other good ones. 



The same year, and shortly after purchasing the 

 J. H. Funk stud, Mr. McMillan bought about 25 

 Percherons from Winter & Munger, Princeton, 111. 

 This stud was one of the good ones in Illin'ois, and 

 has been fully discussed in earlier chapters. In this 

 bunch Lakewood Farm acquired some very valuable 

 brood mares and some good young stock. The Win- 

 ter & Munger horses, like Funk's, had been allowed 

 to fall into very bad condition, and they were bought 

 cheaply, but as in the case of the others, the good 



