CHAPTER XIV. 

 SELECTION, CARE AND MANAGEMENT. 



Under this head we have the pleasure of submit- 

 ting the views of a number of recognized authorities 

 in the trade. The authors believe that these state- 

 ments will prove interesting and instructive, more 

 especially to those who may be engaging in the busi- 

 ness of breeding Percherons for the first time. 



Edmond Perriot. — Speaking of types of Perche- 

 rons as regarded in France and by American buyers, 

 this veteran "stallioner" of the Perche says: 



"The Percheron types that we as breeders are 

 interested in today may be divided into three 

 classes — the type sought by Americans, the one 

 bought by the government haras, and the type which 

 the breeders in the Perche love to see. Regarding 

 the last type, Avhat we look for is a great deal of 

 character and reproductive ability as shown in the 

 head and neck and eye. "We forgive some things 

 that the American buyer would never overlook, but 

 we demand that a good breeding stallion should have 

 an expressive physiognomy. "We like to see in a 

 stallion a well-crested, swan-curved neck, a clean 

 throatlatch, a well-poised head with small, fine ears 

 — an intelligent head above all, with a large prom- 

 inent eye, full of brilliance and fire. The eye we 

 regard as of very great importance. I have never 

 yet seen a good reproductive sire tha,t had a com- 

 mon eye. 



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