BLOODLINES IN THE SHOWRING 593 



abundantly proved by the sbowyard records. He 

 appears as the great-grandsire of 123 of the win- 

 ners, and his son Besigue stands second with 92 to 

 his credit. The high estimate placed on Villers is 

 also borne out by his appearance in third place, as 

 the great-grandsire of 87 prizewinners. Fenelon, 

 sire of Brilliant 3d, comes fourth, appearing as the 

 great-grandsire of 71 of the winners. All of the 

 first 8 horses appearing in this roll of honor are 

 sons, grandsons, or great-grandsons of Brilliant 

 1271 (755), the sire that joined with his own sire, 

 Brilliant 1899 (756), in founding the Brilliant strain, 

 dominating blood in the Percheron breed. 



The most noted of these great ancestors did not 

 win their high rank by heavy winnings of their de- 

 scendants in any one or two years. On the contrary 

 they have appeared as great-grandsires of winners 

 year after year. This is shown by the following 

 summary: 



SDMMABT NO. 3—1901 TO 1010 INCLUSIVE 



BANK OF STAiLIONS ACCORDING TO NUMBER OP SHOWS AT WHICH THET 



APPEARED MORE THAN ONCE AS GREAT-GRANDSIRES 



OF PEIZEWINNING ANIMALS. 



1. Brilliant 3d (2919), in '01, '02, '03, '04. '05. 'OG, '07, '08, '09, '10. .10 



2. Villers (8081), in '01, '02, '03, '04, '05, 'OG, '07, '08, '09, '10 10 



3. Voltaire (443), in '01, '02, '03, '04, '05, '07, '08, '09, '10 9 



4. Marathon (10386), in '01, '02, '03, '04, '05, '08, '09, '10 8 



5. Fenelon (38), in '01, '02, '03, '04, '05. '06, '07 7 



6. Besigue (19602), in '04, '05, '06, '07, '08, '09, '10 7 



7. Lavater (14574), in '01, '02, '03, '07, '08 5 



8. Lavrat (21169), in '05, '07, '08, '09, '10 5 



9. Cocardos (35219), in '04, '05, '07, '08, '09 5 



10. BrUrd (1630), in '01, '02, '03, '04 4 



11. Lerida (6780), in '05, '07, 'OS, '09 4 



12. Jupiter 4th (13001), in '04, '08, '09, '10 4 



13. Boule r>'Or (19129), in '04, '06, '07, '10. 4 



14. Jules (37987), in '07, '08, '09, '10 4 



