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a good caretaker and that his colts were not so well 

 developed as they should have been. This, coupled 

 with the fact that Mr. Baker did not exhibit at the 

 fairs to any extent, undoubtedly lessened the in- 

 fluence of his stud. 



Dan Augstin bred a total of 150 Percherons during 

 this period and raised most of them himself. They 

 were by a number of different sires. Mr. Augstin 

 was located in a community where there were many 

 stallions above the average in merit, and he mated 

 his brood mares with many different horses besides 

 those owned by himself in an attempt to obtain the 

 best results. 



Kellermann 10715 (20594) was one of the sires used 

 to advantage on Mr. Augstin 's mares, and his son 

 Absolom 27014 was also of decided value. Keller- 

 man was a black, imported in 1889 by W. L. Ell- 

 wood and purchased shortly after by L. F. Stubble- 

 field. He was of Favori and Coco breeding, a horse 

 of great scale and substance, a bit on the rugged 

 type, weighing about 2,200 pounds in good condi- 

 tion. He sired 53 purebred colts in the McLean 

 county district. A large number of purebred colts 

 left by Kellermann were bred in the stud of Mr. 

 Augstin, although Wm. Hurt & Sons, L. F. Stubble- 

 field, several other members of the Stubblefield fam- 

 ily, S. Noble King, and H. M. Eollins had colts by 

 him — Hurt and King even more than Augstin. 



Absolom by Kellermann was also used by Dan 

 Augstin and some of the best mares which he re- 

 tained were sired by this horse. Coquette 50404, 



