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of the mares landed in poor health, while the other in- 

 jured herself by breaking through the floor of the car 

 during shipment, which necessitated killing her. The 

 second attempt was successful, as all four animals landed 

 in good health. These were the smaller type of Per- 

 cheron, standing about 15 hands high and weighing 1,200 

 to 1,500 pounds. Diligence, who died in i860, was re- 

 garded as a fine specimen, and left a marked impression 

 upon the stock of New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania. 



Three famous imported Percheron sires. — It was not 

 until about 1850 that the Percherons began to attract 

 favorable attention in the United States. About this 

 time there were three stallions imported that proved to 

 be remarkable sires, namely, Louis Napoleon, Normandy 

 and Success. 



Louis Napoleon. — In 1851 Fullington and Martin of 

 Milford Center, Union county, Ohio, imported a gray 

 three-year-old colt under the name of Louis Napoleon. 

 This horse is described as not of largest type, but short- 

 legged, closely ribbed and compact, standing 15.2 hands 

 high and weighing in full flesh about 1,600 pounds. At 

 the time of his importation he was a dark iron-gray, but 

 long before his death became perfectly white. He was 

 much criticized at first because of his size, but his colts 

 showed up so remarkable that he became very popular 

 as a sire. In 1856 Louis Napoleon was purchased by 

 A. P. Cushman of De Witt county, Illinois, and his 

 popularity in the West became even greater than in Ohio. 

 A large number of Louis Napoleon's colts were left entire, 

 and it is estimated that over 400 of these were successful 

 sires. 



Normandy. — In 1851 Marcus Brown of Circleville, 

 Pickaway county, Ohio, imported a three-year-old colt, 

 which was subsequently registered in Volume I of the 

 Percheron-Norman Stud Book as Normandy 351. This 

 colt was not so large as Louis Napoleon, and is described 

 as never weighing over 1,500 pounds, and was about 15.2 



