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John Lyons in Delaware County, Ohio, has produced 9 Hving 

 foals that have sold for ^5220. The De Lanceys of Minnesota 

 owned 2 great brood mares — Mollie 199 IS, having 10 foals in 

 twelve years, and Charmante 1093 1 (20451), having 9 in eleven 

 years. The mare Aimie 520 is credited with 14 foals in seven- 

 teen years, and of these, 2 daughters, Olga 2185 1 and Prudance 

 21853, dropped within nine years 7 and 8 foals respectively. 



Famous Percheron sires. Naturally during the history of the 

 breed there have been many sires of excellence in America. 

 Among these the following stallions in service prior to 1900 

 may be regarded as of special importance, mainly on account of 

 their influence as breeders, although some of them were famous 

 show horses. Loins Napoleon 281 : foaled, 1848 ; imported, 185 1. 

 Normandy j'5/ (also known as Pleasant Valley Bill) : foaled, 

 1 849 ; imported, 1 8 5 i . Success 4^2 : foaled, 1 864 ; imported, 

 1868. Vidocq 48J {732): foaled, 1869; imported, 1874; sire. 

 Coco II (714); dam, by Cheri. Brilliant 1271 (/SS) '■ foaled, 

 1876; imported, 1881 ; sire, Brilliant 1899 (756); dam, Ragout, 

 by Favori I (711). Fenelon 2682 {j8) : foaled, 1880; imported, 

 1883 ; sire, Brilliant 1271 ; dam, Ernestine, by Duke of Perche 

 173 (740). Gilbert S I §4 {46 1) : foaled, 1882; imported, 1886; 

 sire. Brilliant 1271 (755); dam, Sophie (7694). Seducteur 8850 

 {705-]) : foaled, 1884 ; imported, 1888 ; sire, Fenelon 2682 (38); 

 dam, Rosalie (5688), by Brilliant 1899 (756). Brilliant jd 

 III 16 {2gig): foaled, 1884; imported, 1889; sire, Fenelon 

 2682 (38). Of the above horses Louis Napoleon and Brilliant 

 were probably the most famous, each proving remarkable 

 breeders, although all of the horses in question stand out as 

 noted sires. 



In a study of the show records of recent years in both France 

 and America, as reported by Sanders and Dinsmore.i the follow- 

 ing interesting facts are brought out. Between 1901 and 19 10 

 at the shows of the Percheron Society of France, Brilliant 3d (2919) 

 appeared as grandsire of 123 prize winners; Besigue (19602) 

 of 92 ; Villers (8081) of 87 ; Fenelon (38) of 71 ; Voltaire (443) 

 of 61 ; Jules (37987) of 50; Marathon (10386) of 38; Bri'ard 

 (1630) of 30; Jupiter 4th (13001) of 19; and Lavater (14574) 

 ^ A History of the Percheron Horse, 1917. 



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