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The sliowyard winnings of tlie Perclierons from 

 the Lakewood stud constitute an important contri- 

 bution to the showyard history of this period, be- 

 ginning at the International of 1906, where the 

 purple ribbon for grand champion mare fell to 

 lolanthe 40925, and where the get of Calypso won 

 first for get-of-sire. McMillan & Son showed re- 

 peatedly at the Iowa and Minnesota State Fairs and 

 at the International with marked success. The mare 

 lolanthe, bred at Lakewood Farm, was first-prize 

 three-year-old at the Iowa and Minnesota State Fairs 

 and won the championship at Minnesota, as well as 

 at the International, in 1906. She came back as 

 an aged mare and won the championship at the In- 

 ternational in 1910, the only mare that ever accom- 

 plished this feat in the history of the show. The 

 American-bred colts brought to the front from the 

 Lakewood stud were the first successfully to com- 

 pete with imported horses in the leading showrings. 

 This stud did more to overcome the erroneous im- 

 pression that American-bred horses were not so 

 good as the imported ones than any other breeding 

 establishment of the period. 



Singmaster & Sons, Keota, la., continued opera- 

 tions on an extensive scale, both as importers and 

 as breeders. The other draft breeds which had re- 

 ceived considerable attention from them prior to 

 this time were relegated to the background and Per- 

 cheron interests became paramount at Maple Grove 

 Farms. C. F. Singmaster and his son, J. 0., were 

 the most active in the development of this stud, 



