J 34 Lovers of the Horse 



1)0 aiiotluT national emergency, the eavaliv icniounts can he obtained here, and the 

 money will remain in the Empire. 



The same can and will be done in Canada as in France. There, the Govern- 

 ment has 2'-29 thoroughbred stallions, and these in U)()7 produced over 8,0(»(t foals. 

 Jn that vear the Government paid to small farmers and breeders no less than $3,(i?7,()0() 

 for remounts, and every dollar of this, of course, remained in France. 



The Russian, German, French, and Austrian (iovernments s])end great sums 

 for thoroughbreds to go to their bureaus. 'I'wenty tliousand pounds is not consid- 

 ered too 'much for a thoroughbred to be mated with cold-blooded nuires, and in some 

 instances more than that has been paid. In recent years such world-famous thor- 

 oughbreds as Flying Fox, Galte More, winner of the Triple Grown; Clever, winner 

 of the French Derbv; Carlton. Magnus, and other famous horses, havi' gone to Euro- 

 pean breeding bureaus. 



The Canadian Bureau has selected only tiie best stallions, horses of royal breed- 

 ing, good conformation and free from all hereditary taint In the lot are: Masterman, 

 bv Hastings, dam Lady Margaret. l)y Impot-ted 111 Used. lie is a grand iuflividnal, 

 and was the American cliani])ion in l)oth his two and three-year-old form. His sire 

 Hastings, bv Spendthrift-Cinderella, is one of the best thoroughbreds in America, 

 and has l)een three times at the head of the winning list in ATnerica. Rosemount, 

 another Hnreau stallion, is also l)y Hastings, ami his dam. Lady Rosemary, is by St. 

 Hlai.se. lie is a beautiful type of a horse, and is stationed at Petit Cote, near Montreal. 



Our i?ov is a ruira;ed stallion bv Imiiorted Mv liov II. dam Dina. bv Kost-iusko. 

 He is getting an excellent cavalry type, and is on the farm of Major James Riley, of 

 the Duke of "\ Ork Hussars, in \audreuil County, (^uel)ec. 



One of the famous horses of the IJur(\iu is Sea Hor.se 11, a thoroughbred who 

 sold for sixteen thousand dollars in England only a couple of years ago. and who has 

 since been in the stud in \'irginia This hoise is as well known in A\istralia and New 

 Zealand as in America. an<l his f(»als are |>ronomieed lirst-eiass. 



Javlin, stationed near St. John's. (Quebec, is a handsome horse by Lnported Hridge- 

 water, by Hampton, out of The (iliost by Flying Dutchman He is a perfect individual. 

 and a valuable ac(|uisition to the Bureau. Mcllvain is stationed at I'ertli, Ontario, 

 and is a handsome blood bay by Rend Or out of Sierra Leone. He is a })erfect cav- 

 alry type. 



Stallions are being sent out as fast as they can be secured, and there will be no 

 slackening of effort until at least 300 have been ])laced. \\ this date (U)()S) the ap- 

 |)lications for stallions mimber over .seven hundred. 



The chief workers in the National Bureau are John F. Ryan, llie fouinler; l>ieut.- 

 Coioncl Ashmead, representing (^nel)ec; II. J. V. (iood, re])re.senting ()ntario; (ieorge 

 Carrnthers. representing Manitoba; Col. H. J McT,aughlin. representing Saskatche- 

 wan; and Osborne Brown, re|)resenting All)erta The Maritime Provinces are looked 

 after from Montreal, and a secretary will be appointed next spring for British Col- 

 umbia, when the Bureau will be in full working order fioni coast to coast. 



