. Types and breeds of farm animals . Livestock. lOO THE HORSE, ASS, AND MULE. Perche. The general effect of this Arabian blood on the French horse has been to impart quaUty, as shown in superior bone, style, and finish. Gallipoli, in partic- ular, had a very beneficial in- fluence. Jean Le Blanc (739), foaled in 1823, a grandson of Gallipoli, is regarded as hav- ing had a remarkable influence on the breed in his day. The early type of Percheron resulting from this amalgama- tion of races was not so large a horse as is known to-day. The farmer of La Perche re- quired a horse suited to gen- eral
. Types and breeds of farm animals . Livestock. lOO THE HORSE, ASS, AND MULE. Perche. The general effect of this Arabian blood on the French horse has been to impart quaUty, as shown in superior bone, style, and finish. Gallipoli, in partic- ular, had a very beneficial in- fluence. Jean Le Blanc (739), foaled in 1823, a grandson of Gallipoli, is regarded as hav- ing had a remarkable influence on the breed in his day. The early type of Percheron resulting from this amalgama- tion of races was not so large a horse as is known to-day. The farmer of La Perche re- quired a horse suited to gen- eral purposes, so the early Fig. 36. Orangiste 29606. First-prize three- type was smaller and more year-old Perciieron in France in 1902 at active of foot than the present- tlie annual sViow at Paris and at the show j]^y Percheron Either Under saddle or before gig, Per- cherons trotted with consider- able speed. Records of Percherons show that not in-, frequently they have trotted at a rate of about a mile in four minutes. Richardson gives interesting illustrations of the ability of this horse to travel long distances with considerable speed : A gray mare six years old which took a heavy gig 56 miles over a heavy road in 4 hours and 24 minutes; and another, seven years old, drew an ordinary country gig 55 miles in 4 hours, i minute, 35 seconds, returning tlie next day over the same ground in 4 hours, i minute, 30 seconds, the last 14 miles being covered in i hour, and neither in going or returning was she touched with the whip. The characteristics of this early type showed less scale, a lighter weight, with a height ranging from 15 to 16 hands. It was a superior general-purpose horse of drafty conformation, yet lacking large size and heavy weight. This type met with such great favor that buyers from various parts of France, of the Societe Hippique Percheronne at Nogent-le-Rotrou. Also first prize in class at International Live Stock Expo- sition, Chicago, 1902. Imported by McLaughl
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