l82 MANAGEMENT AND BREEDING OF HORSES 



Percheron Society of France was organized the word 

 Norman was dropped from the American title, in order 

 to correspond with the French Association. 



The Percheron Stud Book had reached the point of 

 being recognized as the distinct representative of the 

 Percheron breed, when internal dissension arose over the 

 power vested in the secretary. The outcome was the 

 organizing of three associations and the establishment 

 of as many stud books. In 1902 the American Percheron 

 Horse Breeders' and Importers' Association was organ- 

 ized, but in 1905 the name was changed to the Percheron 

 Society of America, with headquarters at Union Stock 

 Yards, Chicago. In 1904 the Percheron Registry Com- 

 pany was organized with headquarters at Columbus, 

 Ohio, and in 1905, the American Breeders' and Importers' 

 Percheron Registry was organized, with headquarters at 

 Plainfield, Ohio. In 1904, after extended litigation, the 

 American Percheron Horse Breeders' and Importers' As- 

 sociation acquired the old stud book and all of the original 

 records, and in 191 1, after the name had been changed to 

 the Percheron Society of America, it acquired the Per- 

 cheron Registry Company, so that at the present time 

 the only important society promoting the breed is the 

 Percheron Society of America, which publishes the Per- 

 cheron Stud Book of America, of which 12 volumes have 

 appeared, registering about 78,000 animals. 



