446 A HISTOBY OF THE PERCHERON HORSE 



and James J. Boyd were influential in Percheron 

 affairs during this time. 



The Pabst Percheron business was greatly in- 

 creased by the purchase of thp entire stud of the 

 Little Missouri Horse Co., of North Dakota, in 1906. 

 This gave Fred Pabst a large band of high grade 

 Percheron horses, including about 1,000 suckling 

 colts that carried 3 or 4 crosses of Percheron blood. 

 About 150 purebred Percherons were also included 

 in this purchase, and while many of them lacked 

 size on account of having been raised under range 

 conditions, they were well bred and for the most 

 part of good type and superior quality. More than 

 30 of these mares were retained in the stud and 

 proved good breeders. 



Mr. Pabst bought from the Hagemeister Stock 

 Farm in the early part of the decade, and scattered 

 purchases were made from H. D. & F. A. Eeed, the 

 Hartman Stock Farm and various small breeders in 

 Wisconsin. Due 50740 (53786) and Mylord 54216 

 (64236) were the sires most in use, and both were 

 effective in getting more size. 



Mr. Pabst and his family controlled the Pabst 

 Brewing Co., of Milwaukee, and employed there 

 and in branch establishments nearly 800 draft 

 geldings. Experience had satisfied Fred Pabst that 

 grade Percheron geldings were the most satisfac- 

 tory for heavy draft work in the cities, and his su- 

 perintendent, James Q. Boyd, has long been recog-' 

 nized as one of the shrewdest judges of durable 

 draft geldings. Practically all of the horses> pur- 



