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in part to the fact that he carried a large number 

 of his mares in idleness. Many failed to get in foal 

 and the loss of colts was heavy, but despite these 

 difficulties this breeding establisment bred 106 

 Percherons during the 10 years. Numerous sales 

 were made, and the mares produced were widely 

 scattered throughout the northwest. Some of them 

 went to A. A. Sandahl of Montana and were subse- 

 quently sold to Prof. Oliver Jenkins of the Leland 

 Stanford University, in California. A. J. Lasby 

 obtained some mares from this breeding establish- 

 ment and others were sold to the Jean DuLuth Co. 

 Lyceen was bought by the Jean DuLuth Co. in the 

 spring of 1908 and stood at the head of that stud 

 until 1913. 



All in all, the breeding operations conducted by 

 Gr. W. Patterson and the Patterson-Erickson Co., re- 

 sulted in increasing the popularity of Percherons in 

 Minnesota and in distributing a number of animals 

 throught the state and the northwest. The state 

 fair showrings saw some of the horses during the 

 latter part of the decade. The stud was finally 

 dispersed in the spring of 1914, U. L. Burdick of 

 North Dakota taking all of the remainder. 



H. W. Lightley, whose work has been touched 

 upon previously, was another of the leading breeders 

 in Minnesota. He added some mares by purchase, 

 but for the most part extended his Percheron hold- 

 ings by retaining mares of his own breeding in the 

 stud. The stallion Klondike 21633, bred by T. L. 

 & J. L. DeLancey, was the chief sire used by Mr. 



