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use on the fillies sired by him. Carnot 66666 

 (66666), a winner of first prize at Paris and with 

 practically an unbroken string of victories in the 

 United States to his credit, was champion stallion 

 at the International in 1909. His purchase at the 

 hitherto unheard of price of $10,000 was consum- 

 mated and he went to the head of the Gregory Farm 

 stud in 1910. Actual breeding operations at Gregory 

 Farm during the first decade of the century were 

 carefully planned, but no showing or advertising of 

 consequence was done until after the purchase of 

 Carnot in 1909. The mares that had been purchased 

 and those bred at White Hall, however, had given 

 Mr. Corsa a strong foundation, worthy of the high- 

 priced sire selected, and subsequent breeding opera- 

 tions, combined with unusually skillful advertising 

 in the showring and agricultural press, have placed 

 the Gregory Farm stud among the leading Percheron 

 breeding establishments of the present period. 



Progress in Iowa. — Iowa, second in Percheron 

 breeding from an early period, maintained its rank 

 during this decade. "While there were fewer noted 

 and extensive breeders of Percherons in Iowa 

 than in Illinois, the operations were more widely 

 scattered through all parts of the state than was 

 the case in Illinois. A foundation was laid which 

 has brought the state very close to Illinois in the 

 number of Percherons produced. 



The Lakewood Farm stud was the leading Per- 

 cheron-breeding establishment in Iowa during this 

 period, and bred more Percherons than any other 



