418 A HISTORY OF THE PEECHEEON HORSE 



was of the Favori and Cooo breeding, and the most 

 valuable of the early sires used in the Hartley stud. 

 Bred to Tontine 5756 (4240), a grand-daughter of 

 Brilliant 1899, he begot Samson. Samson stamped 

 his foals so indelibly with his own likeness that ex- 

 perienced horsemen who knew the old horse could 

 pick his colts with almost unerring certainty out of 

 bands containing numerous animals of other breed- 

 ing. Little was done in the way of showing the 

 horses bred in this stud, but persistent newspaper 

 advertising was resorted to and the horses were sold 

 over a wide range of territory. 



E. D. Seaman, a neighbor of L. M. Hartley, had 

 stock of much the same pattern and was also an 

 extensive breeder during this period. 



F. E. Waters, West Liberty, la., confined his work 

 largely to actual breeding operations and produced 

 some very drafty, useful stock, particularly after 

 acquiring Morse 22714 (40383) and Brilliant D. 

 45336. These sires were both above the average in 

 size and draftiness. Crossed on the thick mares 

 already in the stud they begot some very useful 

 stock which has been widely distributed through- 

 out the northwest. 



M. L. Ayres, whose work has already been dis- 

 cussed, was among the ten leading breeders in Iowa 

 during this period. Blande 29259 (36577) was the 

 leading sire used ; he was a son of Brilliant 3d out of 

 a daughter of the noted show horse La Ferte 5144 

 (452) and had been at the head of M. Tacheau's stud 

 in France for some time prior to his importation by 



