Identifier: breedsoflivestoc00sand (find matches)
Title: The breeds of live stock, and the principles of heredity ..
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Sanders, James Harvey, 1832-1899. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Livestock
Publisher: Chicago, J. H. Sanders publishing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ayne, 111. -3 PERCHERON HORSE BRILLIANT (755). Color, black; foaled 1876; got by Brilliant (756), son of Coco2d (714); clam Ragout by Favori 1st (711), son of Vieux-Chaslin(713); 2d dam Aline by Coco (712), son of Mignonne (715)- Bredby Ernest Pierriot, of Nogent-le-Rotrou, France. Imported andowned by M. W. Dunham, Wayne, 111. Engraved after a sketchfrom life by Rosa Bonheur; redrawn on wood by Burk. Thishorse has gained a high reputation as a sire on both sides of theAtlantic, and is the chief breeding stallion in use (1886) in Mr.Dunhams well-known Oaklawn stables. He has been in constantuse in the stud from the time he was three years old, and conse-quently has seldom been in the show ring; but at the great Per-cheron Horse Show held in Chicago September, 1886, he wasawarded the highest honors for stallion with his get, and at theAmerican Horse Show at Chicago, November of the same year,was awarded the Breeders Gazette champion medal for best Per-cheron stallion of an)7 age. (178)
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PERCHERON HORSE CHERI (2423). Color, gray; foaled 1881; got by Bayard, son of Duke de Char-tres (721); dam Mignonne by Coco 2d (714), son of Vieux-Chaslin(713). Bred by M. Caget, Department of Orne, France. Importedand owned by W. L. Ellwood, De Kalb, 111. Cheri traces to Coco2d, through both sire and dam, as Duke de Chartres was also bythat celebrated sire. He has been greatly distinguished as a prize-winner, having been awarded among other honors the highest prizeat the Government Show at Chartres, France, in 1885, and threefirst prizes at the Illinois State Fair of 1886. He is at this date(1886) the premier sire in use at the extensive breeding establish-ment of Mr. Ellwood. Engraved after a sketch from life by Burk,showing the horse at four years old. (180)

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