438 A HISTORY OF THE PERCHEEON HORSE 



foundation stock already assembled. The first sire 

 of consequence was Spuller 17123 (20848), purchased 

 from T. L. & J. L. DeLancey. He was a horse of 

 rugged character and great size, and proved an 

 extremely prepotent breeder. One of his best colts 

 was the stallion Titian 25925, bred by Crandall 

 Bros, out of Milena 21636, a daughter of the great 

 sire Titus whose merits were discussed in our con- 

 sideration of the DeLancey and Wyatt Stanley studs. 

 Titian was a dark-gray, foaled in 1900. He was 

 large, rugged and massive, and proved prepotent. 

 He probably was the most valuable sire used by 

 Crandall Bros, and Crandall & Danforth during this 

 period and really made the reputation of the stud. 

 He was used freely by neighboring breeders, includ- 

 ing A. J. Lasby, T. L. & J. L. DeLancey, L. W. Orr 

 and others, and begot 50 colts of record, whose de- 

 scendants are scattered all over Minnesota. A num- 

 ber of prizes in the open classes at the Minnesota 

 State Fair are to the credit of the Crandall firm, 

 but the exhibitions were not long continued and did 

 not extend beyond the limits of the state. The 

 bulk of the sales were local. The main work of this 

 stud was to popularize Percherons in Minnesota, and 

 its influence is still marked. 



L. C. Hodgson continued breeding Percherons in 

 a small way during the early part of the century, 

 and recorded 22 colts. Richelieu 21567 and Sanson- 

 net 2d 24588 were his most important sires during 

 this time. 



L. W. Orr, Afton, Minn., was one of the smaller 



