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horses produced in Colorado, Wyoming, Montana 

 and adjacent states by the use of Percheron blood 

 have been much alike in type and conformation and 

 have yielded a handsome profit to the ranchmen 

 who bred them. 



Montana^ — In Montana A. A. Sandahl, the Ball 

 Ranch Co. and John F. Forbis were the leading 

 breeders. A. A. Sandahl 's entire stud was dis- 

 persed about the close of this decade, the majority 

 of the horses going to Oliver Jenkins of California. 

 No stallions of outstanding importance were used 

 in the purebred studs in this state during the decade 

 and the chief work done by the Percheron breeders 

 in Montana was along the same general lines as in 

 Colorado. 



Washington. — In Washington the conditions were 

 intermediate between those existing in California 

 and those prevailing in Colorado and Montana. Prog- 

 ress was slow and was retarded in some degree by 

 the fact that some inferior horses were sold at long 

 prices by speculators and scalpers to inexperienced 

 men. The work of the Percheron breeders in Wash- 

 ington has aided in overcoming this and in recent 

 years better horses have been distributed throughout 

 the state. P. W. Cox & Sons, The Stooke & Amerj' 

 Ranch Co. and Fryer Bros, were among the leading 

 breeders in the state and there were a number of 

 small breeding establishments which have since 

 grown to some importance. 



New York. — No developments of importance took 

 place in New York during the decade, except the 



