178 MANAGEMENT AND BREEDING OF HORSES 



Millan & Sons, Rock Rapids, Iowa; A. L. Robinson & 

 Son, Pekin, W. S. Corsa, White Hall, and Dunhams, 

 Wayne, Illinois; C. M. Jones, Plain City, Ohio; and E. 

 B. White, Leesburg, Virginia. 



During recent years some very fancy prices have been 

 paid for Percheron stallions. In 1910 W. S. Corsa of 

 White Hall paid $10,000 for Carnot (66666) ; in 1905 

 McLaughlin Brothers of Columbus, Ohio, sold Rosen- 

 berg, grand champion Percheron at the International 

 Live Stock Exposition, for $8,000 ; and in 1903 the same 

 firm sold Pour-Quoi-Pas (27248) for $7,000 and Orangiste 

 (29606) for $5,500. In addition to these some very good 

 prices have been paid for Percheron geldings, especially 

 when well matched and suitable for show purposes. In 

 1905 the Pabst Brewing Company purchased a pair for 

 $1,300. 



Famous show animals. — In recent years the exhibits of 

 Percheron horses at the various fairs and horse shows 

 have attracted favorable comment, and the following 

 table gives a few of the more noted prize-winning 

 stallions and mares at the International Live Stock Ex- 

 position, Chicago : 



Description of the Percheron draft horse. — The best 

 type of Percheron calls for all the characteristics of a 

 model draft horse. The general appearance is massive, 

 muscular and powerful. In weight, mature stallions 

 average from 1,700 to 2,000 pounds and mares from 1,500 

 to 1,800 pounds, though there are many exceptions, as 



