Percheron Team of Horses
![A pioneer man dressed in course clothing and a hat stands behind two Percheron horses. The horses appear to be white and are harnessed.](https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/lumbys-pioneers_pionniers-de-lumby/wp-content/uploads/sites/57/2017/02/LeBlanc19.jpg)
Wayne LeBlanc Collection
Joseph LeBlanc Jr. loved horses. Throughout his lifetime, Joseph’s horses would win many prizes at the Lumby and Armstrong Fall Fairs.
In 1928, Joseph purchased a Percheron stallion for $10,000.00. What a huge amount of money to pay for a horse in 1928!
For Joseph, it was a good investment because good quality work horses were in high demand to pull newly invented plows and mowers. Many a farmer in Lumby would benefit from a Percheron horse raised by Joseph LeBlanc.