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than $10,000 would now and I let him go in order 

 to hold all my good brood mares. The tide did turn 

 at last, and my Percherons have paid well, as they 

 will pay any other man who sticks to the best. ' ' 



Other Ohio Breeders. — Mention has already been 

 made of E. J. Condit, of Delaware Co., 0. He too 

 hung on through the depression and raised from 3 

 to 5 colts per year, a total of 39 in the decade. His 

 Percherons possessed the requisite weight, were of a 

 good type, and were utilized by various successful 

 breeders. Some subsequent owners, who frankly 

 admit they have made good profit in Percherons 

 descended from the Condit stud, state that the horses 

 were not on the whole as sound and clean as they 

 should have been. Despite this, considerable good 

 was accomplished by this stud. 



Bell Bros., Wooster, 0., had been importing and 

 breeding Shires up to 1890. They engaged in the 

 Percheron business in 1893 and have been in it ever 

 since. 



H. A. Eohrs of Xapoleon, 0., made his start in 

 1886 by importing a mare and a stallion. He had 

 previously visited Oaklawn Farm, but could not 

 agree on prices, so imported direct. The stallion 

 Sapeur 6327 (4484) was of medium size, but well- 

 proportioned and proved exceptionally prepotent as 

 a sire. The mare, Charlotte 12321 ( 18182 ) , was much 

 of the same type, and proved a valuable producer. 

 In 1889 Mr. Eohrs imported Monarque 12315 

 (12402), a son of La Ferte 5144 (452), and some 

 mares, so that he was well established at the time 



