The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-02
A Breeder of Fine Stock.

A Breeder of Fine Stock.
The Saltwater demonstration train
that was here Saturday were treated
to a good many pleasant surprises. The
men in charge were more than pleased
With the intelligence of the farmers and
stockmen they met and the quality of
stock found in northeast Oklahoma and
the evidences of progress and pros
perity in town and country.
When D. s. Warren brought around
the Duke of France" his eight-year-
old draft stallion, weighing full ton
and as perfect as a picture and in the
pink of fine condition they were more
than delighted Some people in north
J east Oklahoma are not aware that this
horse is one of the best in the world,
and has eighty registered crosses, ap-
proved by the French government. His
breeding runs back to the foundation
of the Percheron herd seven times.
Twenty sires and dams, the same as
Casino that won over all draft horses
in the st. Louis Worlds Fair in 1904.
Mr.. Warren in his % years spent in
breeding registered Percheron horses
and registered Jacks in the Cherokee
Nation, now the state of Oklahoma,
hes achieved his life's ambition, which
is to prove to the world that Oklahoma
will produce a better grade of thor
oughbred animals than the old coun-
try. His record as a horse and mule
breeder substantiates this fact In
1902 he took the sweepstakes for Jacks
t the Missouri state fair over the great
Missouri herd with Chief | Am under
the judgeship of Luke Emmerson, the
recognized largest importer of Jacks
in America
Mr. Warren has been a breeder of
thoroughbred stock for fifty years. Dur
ing his twenty-eight years in Oklahoma
he has sold to the state over $4,000
worth of fancy and registered stock for
breeding purposes. He has the record
of having sold the highest priced mule
for cash at private sale in the state, it
bringing $255 He has sold jack cots
for breeding purposes as high as 81 900.
He started as jack and mule breed
er, but few years after his entry into
business he added Percheon horses to
his string In this line he carries the
palm for the entire state and has at
the head of his herd Duke Of France,
that superb piece of horse flesh which
has made Oklahoma famous for its
draft horses. The Duke is registered
in the American Percheron book No
4l023, and has to his record ten Bril-
liant crosses and a number Of Bayard
crosses, No. 26717, giving him the best
Brilliant crosses of any stud in Amer
ica His get has been far superior to
that of the French importations. This
horse proves the fact that we can raise
better horses in Oklahoma than they
can in the old country.
The pride of Mr.. Warren's stable of
UI1e tUOTOuSuDtSQ ISSl5lStSu ISlNu-
erons in addition to the Duke is one of
the Dukes offerings, Dewey, a 10
months old stud, get of Maud by Duke
of France. Dewey is record breaker
for a Is months old colt having put on
three pounds per day during his 400
days of life, weighing now 1860 pounds.
He is the most perfect piece of horse
flesh in the state and is destined to be
national if not an international prize
winner The sire and dam Of the Duke
of France took first prize at the Mis-
souri, and Kansas state fairs. The Duke
of France, Maud and Dewey have never
been beaten on exhibition. Mr.. War
ren is the best man on Percheron
horses in the state.
Mr.. Warren maintains his breeding
stables at Vinita, just at the edge of
the city and operates large farm six
miles from the city.