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average and the colts had an opportunity for full 

 development. 



L. F. Stubblefield, McLean, 111., did not breed 

 nearly so many horses as many of his contempo- 

 raries, but his work was constructive in a high de- 

 gree. The sires Kellerman and Kimberly headed 

 this stud for a time and left a number of excellent 

 colts. Some of the best mares retained in this stud 

 were by those sires, and the Kellerman blood has 

 been particularly valuable in the production of Per- 

 cherons of showyard caliber. 



Forfait Jr. 40974 was placed at the head of the 

 Stubblefield stud in the spring of 1908 and was used 

 to good advantage. He was not of the largest type, 

 but stood 16% hands high, and weighed a ton in 

 show condition. He was very deep-bodied, well- 

 ribbed, and powerfully-built throughout, with an 

 unusually good set of legs, excellent feet, and rare 

 quality. He was fortunate in having an unusual 

 lot of mares in his harem, daughters of Kellermann 

 and Kimberly, and his colts were uniform in style 

 and of superior character. A number of them have 

 won honors in the leading showrings. The mare 

 Elsie 94834 was one of the good daughters of For- 

 fait Jr. - She was out of a daughter of Kellermann 

 and was good enough to win fourth in the open 

 class for two-year-old mares at the Illinois State 

 Fair in 1914. 



The three sires, Kellermann, Kimberly, and For- 

 fait Jr., were responsible for the improvement in 

 Mr. Stubblefield 's Percherons during the decade 



