460 A HISTORY OF THE PERCHERON HORSE 



Virginia. — In Virginia John F. Lewis, E. B. White, 

 D. M. Cloyd and Charles Edgar were the leading 

 breeders during this period and there were many 

 other smaller breeders scattered throughout the 

 state. Charles Edgar's stud was dispersed about 

 the close of the decade and most of the Percherons 

 owned by him were shipped west. The John F. 

 Lewis stud was dispersed a little later, but most of 

 these horses were distributed in Virginia and ad- 

 joining states. 



0. E. Jordan. — Located in the extreme southwest- 

 em part of Virginia, Mr. Jordan did a great good 

 for Percheron interests. The Jordan family has 

 been breeding Percherons persistently since early in 

 the eighties, having used some very excellent sires, 

 including the stallion Victoria 24449 (42905), sire 

 of the champion Pink. While none of the breeders 

 in this particular district has bred many Per- 

 cherons they have had horses of very superior 

 type and with perhaps more size and real draft 

 character than most of those produced in Virginia. 

 Mr. Jordan's operations have been more far-reaching 

 and have exerted a more favorable influence on 

 draft horse breeding than the number of Percherons 

 he has bred would indicate. 



Selma Farm.— E. B. White began breeding Per- 

 cherons in 1903, and today his stud is recognized 

 as one of the high-class breeding establishments of 

 the United States. The Selma Farm stud was 

 started in 1903 by the purchase of 2 mares from the 

 Hartman Stock Farm. In 1904 the two first-prize 



