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breeding soon showed itself when feed and care were 

 properly given. 



On Dec. 5, 1899, lUustre 20489, bred at Oaklawn, 

 was bought to supplement Nubian in the Lakewood 

 stud. He was by Introuvable 16875 and out of 

 Bertha 5340, and was very good individually, but 

 did not prove as effective as had been hoped. 

 Through advertising Illustre, however, Mr. McMillan 

 discovered Seducteur 8850 (7057) and bought him 

 in the spring of 1900. The old horse had heen in 

 the hands of Jacob Waltemeyer, Melbourne, la., for 

 several years and had sired some extra good colts, 

 but had not been very sure. He was taken to Lake- 

 wood Farm and made seasons there in 1900 and 1901, 

 but was sold in the spring of 1902 to A. L. Robison, 

 Sr., to head the Leslie Farm stud at Pekin, 111. 



In the fall of 1900, a deal was made for the mares 

 and young stock owned by the Upson Farming Co., 

 Cumings, N. D. The horses owned by this firm had 

 been bred from some of the best stock obtained from 

 Leonard Johnson. In this lot were Norma 9672 

 (13394) (the mare that subsequently produced 

 lolanthe 40925, twice an International champion), 

 Gondole 6696 (10862), a great brood mare, and a 

 number of other females. 



This rounded out the foundation purchases made 

 for the Lakewood stud in this decade. Three com- 

 plete studs, in which breeding operations had been 

 carried on for from 12 to 22 years and in which the 

 best breeding mares had been retained, were bought 

 outright. This took some exceptional breeding ani- 



