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HORSE SECTION. 



Percheron Mare. 



THE PERCHERON HORSE. 



This breed takes its name from the district of LaPerche in France, which is 

 the chief center of horse breeding in that country. The breed originally derived 

 its size and weight from the ancient Black horse breed of Flanders, and its style 

 and quality from sires of the Oriental breeds. In the early days the Percheron 

 breed was used for hack and bus work, and was of suitable type and conformation 

 for that purpose. 



More weight and larger bone have been developed by use of the heavy 

 draft stallions of one or other of several breeds of the kind raised , in France. 

 Gray or white was the original color of the Percheron breed, but, recently black 

 has become as common, although it is not so surely transmitted as the character- 

 istic grey of the purely bred Percheron. 



Until recent years draft horses from France went by various names such as 

 French Draft, Norman, Norman Percheron, and Percheron, but in the year 1883 

 the Percheron Horse Society of France was organized and the name Percheron 

 adopted for the breed. 



The first volume of the Percheron Norman Stud Book of America was 

 published in 1876, but the name Percheron was finally adopted as a result of 

 similiar action in France. 



French draft horses also from France, and practically of the same breed as 

 the Percheron, have a separate stud book, entry to which is based upon rules 

 less stringent than those adopted by the Percheron Association. After prolonged 



