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before this lie had brought over the mare Stella by Con- 

 fidence. Following this came the era of the horse show 

 when extensive importations were made, chiefly into the 

 New England states and Canada, with scattering ones to 

 Ohio, Wisconsin and other Central states. The largest 

 of these importations was made in 1890 by Seward Webb 

 of Vermont, who imported 31 animals, four of which were 

 stallions. Then came a lull 

 in the horse-importing busi- 

 ness, but the first decade of 

 the twentieth century wit- 

 nessed a revival of the indus- 

 try, and the following are 

 the best known of the more 

 recent importers: F. C. Stev- 

 ens, Attica, New York ; Ebon 

 D. Jordan, Boston, Massa- 

 chusetts; Robert Beith, Bow- 

 manville, Ontario, Canada ; 

 A. B. Hobert, Greeley, Iowa; 

 J. H. Truman & Sons, Bush- 

 nell, Illinois; Fred Pabst, 

 Oconomowoc, Wisconsin ; 

 Calkins and Angsbury, Byron, Michigan, and Seward 

 Webb of Vermont. 



Famous Hackney coach stallions. — ^While there have 

 been many notable Hackney stallions In the United States 

 perhaps the most famous of the present time are Fan- 

 dango and Langton Performer, owned by F. C. Stevens ; 

 Shawhill Duke, owned by P. E. Hoge ; Bagthorpe Sultan, 

 owned by Henry Falrflax ; Tiger Llllie, owned by R. C. 

 Vanderbilt; Meanwood Majesty, owned by Fred Pabst; 

 Aquinus, owned by D. J. Driscoll, and Land o' Burns, 

 owned by C. H. Mackay. 



Some of the noteworthy prices paid during recent years 

 are: Forest King, $13,000, by W. H. Moor; Matchless 

 of Loudesboro, $15,000, by W. S. Webb; Hildred, 



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-Hackney Stallion 

 Marlborough" 



