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tioned, with excellent quality, symmetry, style and 

 action. Three of Theudis' sons. Calypso, Rabelais 

 and Casino, subsequently headed the Lakewood, 

 Leslie Farm, and the Whitewater Falls Farm studs, 

 and practically made the reputations of those breed- 

 ing establishments. Unfortunately Theudis had 

 seen very heavy service in France and was not a 

 sure getter after being imported. He made bijt two 

 seasons at Gaklawn and died Oct. 1, 1902, at 10 

 years of age. His failure to round into breeding 

 form after importation was undoubtedly a distinct 

 loss to the breed, as his colts were high-class in 

 character and had more size than most of the grand- 

 sons of Besigue. 



Invincible 22715 (38109), a black stallion of un- 

 usual size and scale, was also used at Oaklawn for 

 a time. He was bred from the M. Lefeuvre stock 

 and weighed in breeding condition 2,200 pounds. 

 He left a number of colts of excellent type at Oak- 

 lawn. 



Picador 27370 (48373), a winner of second prize 

 in the aged class at the International Live Stock 

 Exposition in 1901 and 1902, was also used to some 

 extent. He was black, of the Picador strain and was 

 an extremely deep-bodied, massive, powerfully 

 muscled sire. He was so wide and thick as to give 

 the impression of being lowset; he stood almost 17 

 hands high, however, and weighed 2,250 pounds in 

 show condition. With all his size. Picador possessed 

 symmetry and style, but was somewhat deficient in 

 straightness of action. Among his progeny at Oak- 



