ON HORSE BREEDING IN ONTARIO. 



Elgin Continued. 



and lloadster type, and in quality fair. Their average age is 8 years. Road- 

 ster sires predominate, being five in number, but of these three are grades; 

 Hackneys are four in all, one being a grade; Percherons number two, and 

 Thoroughbreds one. No information could be obtained about one horse which 

 wan its owner was away from home. Most are sound, but two were very old. 

 Fees are $10, $11, $13 to $15. The average quality is fair. 



The Inspectors' report as to the mare stock in Bayham Township is not 

 at all favorable, the 500 mares there being in quality bad, in type the same, 

 and only averaging 950 Ibs. in weight, their average age being 10 years. 

 Roadster stallions number four out of six sires in use, and of these two are 

 grades. There is also one Thoroughbred and a Percheron. Fees are as low 



, $12 being the maximum sum. 



as 



In Aldboro' Township mares are of a somewhat heavier type, the greater 

 number being general purpose, with others of a Clydesdale type. About 

 1,150 is the average weight, quality being medium. The number kept is 

 about 1,200, the average age being 9 years. Two Clydesdales, two Roadsters, 

 a Hackney and a French Canadian (two being grades) form the total of the 

 sires kept. With one exception they are sound. One is well on in years. 

 Conformation and action of four are good. As low as $7 is charged for fees, 

 but the maximum is $15. 



STALLIONS. 



