. Types and breeds of farm animals . Livestock. io6 THE HORSE, ASS, AND MULE The introduction of the Percheron to the United States dates back many years. French horses were brought to America as long ago as 1816, when a staUion was taken to Quebec and later sold to go to Washington County, New York. It has been as- sumed that this was a Norman horse. In 1839 the first "genu- ine" Percheron importation to America was brought over by Edward Harris to Moorestown," New Jersey. This importation consisted of one stalUon and two mares. The stallion died at sea, and the mares were unfo
. Types and breeds of farm animals . Livestock. io6 THE HORSE, ASS, AND MULE The introduction of the Percheron to the United States dates back many years. French horses were brought to America as long ago as 1816, when a staUion was taken to Quebec and later sold to go to Washington County, New York. It has been as- sumed that this was a Norman horse. In 1839 the first "genu- ine" Percheron importation to America was brought over by Edward Harris to Moorestown," New Jersey. This importation consisted of one stalUon and two mares. The stallion died at sea, and the mares were unfortunate, one landing in poor health, while the other injured herself in car shipment, necessi- tating killing. Mr. Harris at once returned to France and imported the stallions Dili- gence and Bonaparte, with several mares. These were the smaller type of Percheron, standing about 15 hands high and weighing 1200 to 1500 pounds. Diligence, who died in i860, was regarded as a fine specimen of the breed. An important half century of Percheron history ip the United States began in 18 51. At this time Fullington and Martin, of Milford Center, Ohio, brought to that state the first importation to the West, the gray colt Louis Napoleon. He was 15^ hands high and weighed 1600 pounds. In 1856 A. P. Cush- man of Illinois purchased him. Louis Napoleon proved to be a great breeder, and was no doubt one of the very best draft horses ever brought to America. It has been estimated that over 400 of his sons were successful stallions. In 1851 another importa- tion was also brought to Ohio by Dr. Marcus Brown of Circle- ville. He imported a stallion named Normandy, often referred to as "Pleasant Valley Bill," "Old Bill," or "The Valley ; He stood 15i hands high and weighed about 1500 pounds, and it is said that for eighteen years he averaged about sixty colts a year. Also the same year Captain Samuel Holmes, of Chester Springs, Pennsylvania, brought two stallions
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