456 A HISTORY OF THE PERCHERON HORSE 



that the horses bred on Riverside Ranch were dis- 

 tributed into some of the leading studs in Canada 

 and their descendants are to be found today among 

 the Percherons owned by George Lane, D. J. Wylie 

 and Upper Bros. 



White Bros., C. F. White, 0. 0. Ellison, P. A. 

 Manseau and the Coal Harbor Stock Farm were 

 other Nbrth Dakota Percheron breeders of import- 

 ance during this time. None of them bred a large 

 number of Percherons, but they did produce good 

 horses and by their work in distributing Percheron 

 sires aided in popularizing the breed for range 

 horse improvement. P. A. Manseau, in particular, 

 although a small breeder, was instrumental in en- 

 couraging many other farmers and ranchmen to 

 engage in Percheron breeding in a small way, and 

 many of the studs now in North Dakota owe their 

 existence to the encouragement which he gave. 



Progress in South Dakota. — South Dakota, tenth 

 in Percheron breeding, had a total of 171 breeders 

 by 1910, and 701 Percherons bred in the state were 

 foaled during this period. Alex. Miller was the 

 leading South Dakota breeder of this period, but his 

 work practically ceased in 1905. During this half- 

 decade, however, he bred 54 Percherons of record, 

 and his mares which passed into other studs have 

 since made history. Miller-bred mares have won 

 the highest honors at the International. La Belle 

 34982, one of the daughters of Brunelles 11415 

 (12162), was the champion American-bred mare, at 

 the International in 1911, and is today one of the 



