400 A HISTOKY OF THE PERCHEEON HORSE 



the most noted show mare ever bred in the Augstin 

 stud, was one of Absolom's daughters; her colts 

 were always of showyard character. One of them, 

 Roseland 87467, was second in the open class at the 

 Illinois State Fair in 1914 and the champion mare 

 bred by exhibitor. 



Kimberly 25726 (44616), imported by Dunham, 

 Fletcher & Coleman in 1901, was for some time at 

 the head of the Stubblefield stud. He was freely 

 used by Mr. Augstin, and to good advantage. He 

 represented a most unusual and desirable combina- 

 tion of bloodlines, as he was a son of Besigue and 

 had for dam Biche 44501, a daughter of King of 

 Perche 4975 (6738). King of Perche will be remem- 

 bered as one of the most famous horses in the Ell- 

 wood stud in the '80 's, and Besigue was the ranking 

 sire in France between 1893 and his death in 1904. 

 Kimberly was a large, powerfully-built, rugged 

 horse, standing over 17 hands high. He weighed 

 2,560 pounds at one time when in show condition and 

 in breeding flesh scaled 2,200 pounds. He left 35 

 purebred colts, a number of which were in Mr. Aug- 

 stin 's stud. 



Roland 42911, bred by C. W. Hurt but purchased 

 in dam by Mr. Augstin, was the most valuable sire 

 used after 1906. The horses produced in the Augstin 

 stud were of the thick, massive, drafty kinds, in- 

 clined to be a little lowset, and of the "Dutchman's 

 type, ' ' but a rugged sort and valuable for breeding 

 purposes. The care and management which Dan 

 Augstin gave his horses was decidedly above the 



