370 A HISTORY OF THE PERCHEEON HORSE 



fully built gray, standing over 17 hands high, with 

 the style and action typical of his sire. He was 

 used for several years by Mr. Jones, and while but 

 few purebred mares were available, he sired more 

 market-topping geldings than any sire ever used in 

 that vicinity. Four of the crack gray geldings that 

 drew leather in the gray show teams of Packingtown 

 were by Mark, and while none achieved champion- 

 ship honors, they gave a good account of them- 

 selves. One of these geldings was out of a daughter 

 of Ajax 5, and one out of a daughter of Greluchet, 

 so that Mark 's pathway was made easier by the work 

 of his predecessors. 



Ruth 20284, later the dam of a ton horse of great 

 character used for several years at the head of C. F. 

 Camp's stud, was another of Moreri's daughters, and 

 Estella 21479, later a showring winner for John Yost 

 & Son, was still another. Besides these, however, 

 there were dozens of his daughters, both purebred 

 and grade, that did splendid service in raising the 

 draft horse standard in central Ohio. 



It was not an easy matter for a small breeder to 

 pull through the hard times. C. M. Jones in com- 

 menting on this says: 



"I was often discouraged and almost ready to 

 quit, but I always had faith that the tide would turn. 

 Mark W. Dunham was to me, as to others, a steady 

 support. He counselled me, even in the darkest days, 

 to hold on to all my good mares and buy more if I 

 could. I would not have sold Moreri had times been 

 better, but $2,600 for him in 1896 meant more to me 



