lo April, 19 i i .] Governnniil Ctrtificatioii of Stallions. 



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reduction, being 2.14 per cent, lower than in the previous season, whilst 

 the rejections for that bane of the draught horse, "sidebone," is only 

 slightly lower, 19.19 per cent., as against 20.59 per cent. 



Light horses show an all round increase in the percentage of unsound- 

 ness, 10.53 per cent., as against 6.27 per cent, last year. This is due to 

 an increase in the number found affected with ringbone, spavin, and curb, 

 while ponies also show an increase amounting to 2.18 per cent., bone spavin 

 being mainly responsible. The table for 1909 is given above for purpose 

 of comparison with that of last season (1910). For the four .seasons up 

 to the ist March last 3,483 stallions have been examined, of which number 

 ->575 were certificated and 908 or 26.06 per cent, rejected. 



IV. — Analysis of Defects of Stallions Refused Certificates for 

 Seasons 1907, 1908, 1909. 1910. 



Defects. 



Unsoundness. 



Sidebone 



Ringbone ... 



Spavin (Bone) 



Bog Spavin & 

 Thorouglipin 

 & Bursal En- 

 largements 



Curb . . . , 



Cataract (eye) 



Roaring 



Sliivering ... 



Nasal Disease 



Totals Un- 

 soundness 



Below stand- 

 ar I for aj- 

 j.roval 



Drautfhta. 



Totals. 



No. 

 Examined. 



1,856 



No. 

 Rejected. 



368 

 43 



7 



21 

 1 



446 



136 



No. 

 Certifi- 

 cated. 



1,274 



Per cent. 

 Rejected. 



Cran<l totals .>8i 



19 82 

 2-31 



•37 



113 

 •05 



"•27 

 •05 



24 00 



7-35 

 31 35 



No. 

 Examined. 



No. 

 Rejected. 



187 



4 



17 



28 



88 



99 

 J 87 



No. 

 Certifi- 

 cated. 



No. 

 Examined. 



Per cent. No. 



Rejected. Rejected. 



•20.12 ' 139 



•43 

 183 

 3 0] 



•97 

 2 90 



•11 



9-47 



1065 



14 

 I 



27 



112 



'i012 



139 



No. 

 Certifi- 

 cated. 



Per cent. 

 Rejected. 



19-94 



101 



•72 



2-00 

 •14 



No. 

 Ebcamined 



3,483 



No. 

 Rejected. 



3-87 



1607 



372 

 67 

 40 



30 

 42 

 1 

 7 

 1 

 1 



lit !)4 



561 



347 

 908 



No. 



Certifi- 

 cated. 



2,575 



Per cent. 

 Rejected. 



2606 



10 68 

 1-93 

 1 14 



•86 

 1-20 

 ■03 

 •21 

 •03 

 ■03 



16^ll 



9-95 

 •^6 06 



A careful study of the accompanying tables reveals very little difference 

 between the average for last year and the average for the trieiuiial i)eriod 

 ending in June, 1909. The total given here cannot be taken in any way as 

 indicative of the number of stallions standing in this State, for many have 

 gone to other parts of the Commonwealth, it being known that twenty-eight 

 have exchanged the Victorian (lovernment (Nrtifuate for that of South 

 Australia, and no doubt many have died. In this re.snect owners would 

 lend valuable a.ssistance by reporting deaths of stallions, and the published 

 li.st could then be regarded as a fairly accurate one of horses standing in 

 Victoria. 



