450 A HISTORY OP THE PERCHEEON HORSE 



lions ran in pasture with the mares. The firm 

 made heavy imporations, mainly of stallions. The 

 mares were purchased from many different sources, 

 but chiefly in Illinois and Iowa. The trade was 

 largely with the ranchmen of the west and the colts 

 were raised in the pasture, so that many of them 

 did not develop so much size as was to be found 

 in the Percherons of Illinois and Iowa, but they 

 were rugged, hardy youngsters, thoroughly accus- 

 tomed to the range and profitable, to the men who 

 purchased them. The firm conducted numerous 

 public sales, advertised liberally especially in the 

 west, and exhibited to some extent at the Nebraska 

 State Fair. North & Robinson contributed mat- 

 erially to the building up of draft horse interests 

 in the northwest and to the popularization of Per- 

 cherons in that territory. 



Mark M. Goad's stud was continued on the lines 

 already discussed, until his Percherons were dis- 

 persed about 1905. It was unfortunate that they 

 received so little feed and attention, as they were 

 of superior breeding. Despite the fact that Mr. 

 Goad's horses were not well grown out, they were 

 of such type and quality as to win high honors 

 year after year at the Nebraska State Fair and 

 their merits were recognized by shrewd Percheron 

 breeders. The mares bred in this stud were widely 

 distributed, and their descendants have been found 

 in many good breeding establishments, notably 

 those of J. E. Wilson and Thomas Irvine of Minne- 

 sota, G. H. Winship, William Thatch, Ehea Bros. 



