. Types and breeds of farm animals. Livestock. THE PERCHERON 113 Stallion Orangiste 29606 for ^5500, and a month later sold Pour- Quoi-Pas 27248 for $7000. In December, 1905, this same firm sold the stallion Rosenberg, grand-champion Percheron at the International Live-Stock Exposition, for ;^8ooo, the highest price up to that time paid for a draft stallion in America. At the 1909 International, W. S. Corsa of Illinois purchased the champion Percheron stallion of the show, Carnot 66666, from Crouch and Son of Indiana for ^10,000, and in 1916 Mr. Corsa sold a half interest in this horse, at ten
. Types and breeds of farm animals. Livestock. THE PERCHERON 113 Stallion Orangiste 29606 for ^5500, and a month later sold Pour- Quoi-Pas 27248 for $7000. In December, 1905, this same firm sold the stallion Rosenberg, grand-champion Percheron at the International Live-Stock Exposition, for ;^8ooo, the highest price up to that time paid for a draft stallion in America. At the 1909 International, W. S. Corsa of Illinois purchased the champion Percheron stallion of the show, Carnot 66666, from Crouch and Son of Indiana for ^10,000, and in 1916 Mr. Corsa sold a half interest in this horse, at ten years of age, to R. G. Leeds of Indiana for. Fig. 41. Judging the horses at the 190S show of La Societe Hippique Percheronne. From photograph by the author $20,000. Helix 70340 (75752), champion stallion in 1911 at the International, shown by Taylor and Jones, was sold to W. C. Brown of New York for $10,000. In 1912 Crouch and Son exhibited at the International the stallion Imprecation 79304 (79214), champion that year as well as in 1911, which they sold for $10,500 during the show. Percheron geldings are great favorites in the horse market, and many very high-class ones are sold. At the 1905 International Exposition the six-horse teams of geldings exhibited by Armour and Company and the Pabst Brewing Company caused universal admiration. George, owned by Pabst, the first-prize gelding of the 1904 exposition, weighed when shown 2140 pounds. In 1905 the Pabst Brewing Company purchased a pair of geldings on the Digitized by Microsoft®. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Plumb, Charles S. (Charles Sumner), 1860-1939. Boston, New York, Ginn
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