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while successful from a financial standpoint, un- 

 doubtedly interfered with the development of the 

 stud. 



Mr. Robison's operations as a dealer were ex- 

 tensive. In the later years of this period he bought 

 large numbers of mares in various sections, par- 

 ticularly in Illinois and Iowa, and distributed them 

 through the southwest by public auctions held at 

 "Whitewater Falls Farm. This resulted in the estab- 

 lishment of a large number of new breeding places 

 and aided in popularizing Percherons in Kansas and 

 the states to the southwest, where the bulk of the 

 sales were made. 



Henry Avery, Wakefield, Kaus., whose earlier 

 operations, both individually and as a member of the 

 firm of Avery & Coleman, have already been fully 

 reviewed, was one of the leading breeders in Kansas 

 during this period. He exhibited at the St. Louis 

 Exposition in 1904, where he won first and third on 

 two-year-old mares. The stallion Bosquet 40105 

 (46612) was the last sire in use and left some very 

 good colts, a number of which went to the stables 

 of J. H. Tangeman when the Avery stud was dis- 

 persed in 1905. The prices realized were satisfac- 

 tory, considering the fact that everything, old, 

 young and blemished, was sold. 



There is no doubt but that Henry Avery rendered 

 a great service to Percheron breeding in Kansas. 

 His stud was dispersed at a time when victory was 

 practically within his grasp. The animals sold 

 passed into the hands of many breeders in Kansas 



