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VOLUME XXVII.—No. 11. NEW YORK, NOVEMBER, 1868. new SERIES-No. 262. 
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PERCIIERON STALLION— Imported by Jeff. K. Clark, St. Louis, Mo. 
■Draicnand Engraved for the American Agriculturist. 
The interest excited in Percherou horses by 
articles which appeared in the Agriculturist 
some time since led Mr. Jeff. K Clark, of Mis¬ 
souri, who was on the point of starting for 
Europe, to give especial attention to these 
horses while in France. He returned a few 
months since, bringing with him two stallions 
and two mares, which we saw while in New 
York, and were so struck with the beauty of 
one of the stallions that we had him photo¬ 
graphed and engraved for the Agriculturist. 
The horse is five years old, 15’| 3 hands high, of 
a nearly uniform dark iron-gray color, obscurely 
dappled. He is an animal of immense power, 
and very solid and heavy for his bight; not 
fat, and notin the least logy in his gait; spirited, 
but docile and gentle. The photograph not 
only represents the horse correctly, but also the 
yard in which he was kept for several days. 
White spots on the back and shoulders indi¬ 
cate old harness galls, and that, as a colt, the 
horse was put to hard labor. This is, and for 
hundreds of years has been, the custom in 
Perche, and thus, it is claimed, a natural selec¬ 
tion of the best breeding animals is constantly 
made; for, of course, those, both horses and 
mares, which cannot stand the hard, steady 
work they are put to, are not used as breeders. 
Even the young stallions are constantly man¬ 
aged and worked by women, and thus, in the 
course of generations, a docility and mildness 
of disposition become inbred, which is one of 
the most interesting peculiarities of this breed. 
We are exceedingly pleased with the Per- 
clierons, and fully believe that they are des¬ 
tined to be of great service to our agriculture. 
