506 A HISTORY OP THE PERCHEEON HORSE 



and was imported by Clydesdale enthusiasts to up- 

 hold their colors at the International. 



The Percheron standard also has been ably upheld 

 during the various shows by the exhibits sent for- 

 ward by Swift & Co., Schwarzschild & Sulzberger, 

 and the Pabst Brewing Co. Exhibits by all these 

 companies were well to the front in the various 

 shows, and the Pabst six-horse team won the high- 

 est honors in 1904. In more recent years J. Crouch 

 & Son have been well represented in all classes for 

 geldings, winning the championship for single geld- 

 ing in 1910 on Prince, the trey hitch in 1910 and 



1911, and the blue ribbon on the six-horse team in 



1912. It is worthy of note that while other breeds 

 have put forward the best purebred geldings that 

 they could find in this country or abroad, the Per- 

 cheron honors have in all cases been won on grade 

 Percheron geldings bred in the United States and 

 bought on the open market as work geldings. 



The Armour six-horse team, champion at the In- 

 ternational in 1906, was sent to Great Britain and 

 exhibited at the Olympic Horse Show in 1907. The 

 team subsequently toured Great Britain and created 

 a sensation that has probably never been equalled 

 in the tight little isle. 



The wonderful enduring qualities of the Per- 

 cheron also are attested by the fact that a large 

 proportion of the geldings which won the highest 

 honors in these shows continued in steady service 

 until well up in years. An especially notable in- 

 stance of this is found in the gelding Mack, pur- 



