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MANAGEMENT AND BREEDING OF HORSES 



hands high. He was kept for service near Circleville 

 until 1856, when he was taken to Pleasant Valley, Madi- 

 son county, Ohio, where he remained until his death in 

 1872. He was known by various names, as Old Bill, the 

 Valley Horse, and the French Horse. Normandy was a 

 sure breeder, and did more than any other to increase the 

 popularity of heavy horses in Central Ohio. 



Success.-— In 1868 W. J. Edwards of Clifton, Iroquois 

 county, Illinois, imported two stallions. Success and 

 French Emperor, both of which were soon afterward 

 sold to the Fletcher Horse Company. In 1874 M. W. 

 Dunham purchased the company and Success, in whose 

 hands the stallion proved the right to own his name, as 

 he left a very marked impression on the heavy-horse 

 stock of Illinois. Success is described as being about 

 16 hands high and weighing about 1,600 pounds. It is 

 also stated that his get were usually large, compactly 

 built, clean limbed, and very stylish, whether from large 

 or small mares. 



Other famous imported sires. — The following table con- 

 tains a few of the more notable early imported sires, the 

 date of birth, the date of importation, and the sire and 

 dam: 



Early importers. — There were a few other notable im- 

 porters in the fifties which were followed by large num- 

 bers in the sixties. In 1851 Captain Samuel Holmes of 



