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REPORT OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION 



No. 65 



Halton. Concluded. 



MARES BRED TO DIFFERENT CLASSES OF STALLIONS. 



The public meeting for Halton was held at Milton on October the llth. 

 All the speakers recognized that there was room for great improvement in 

 horse breeding in Halton county. The syndicating of stallions was very 

 strongly condemned, and those present thought that there should be an in- 

 spection of all stallions before they were allowed to stand for service, some 

 favoring a license fee, while others seemed to think that the stallion owner 

 had enough expenses at present. 



WENT WORTH. 



In the townships of East and West Flamboro nine stallions are standing 

 for service, and out of these there are two Thoroughbreds, both of excellent 

 type, two grade Roadsters, two pure-bred Percherons, a grade Carriage horse, 

 a Shire and a German Coach horse. Seven are serviceably sound, and the 

 conformation and quality of most of them is u(p to the average. $8 to $10 

 are charged for service fees in most instances. Mares are poor in type and 

 quality, averaging 6 years old, and 1,150 Ibs. in weight. The Inspectors 

 speak highly <of the Thoroughbred sires, but think that some of the other 

 eires should have been gelded. About twenty registered mares were found 

 in the township. 



There is not one sire heavier than a Percheron to be found in Beverly 

 township. The list is made UD of two Thoroughbreds, three Carriage stal- 

 lions, a French-Canadian, a Roadster, a German Coach, and a Percher- 

 on. Only one case of unsoundness is reported, but quality and conformation 

 is below what it should be. Fees for service range from $8 to $15. There 

 are about 20 registered Clydesdale and Shire mares in this township, the bal- 

 ance being of a rather common type, averaging 1,150 Ibs. in weight. Re- 

 porting on this township the Inspectors say : "We only found one imported 

 horse here, and the stallions in general are not a very good class for the 

 farmers to breed to. As there are a number of registered heavy mares it is 

 important that there be good imported stallions of the same breeds to mate 

 witn them." 



Out of the nine stallions in the City of Hamilton and surrounding town- 

 ship of Barton, one-third are not sound, while one is 21 years old, and another 

 11 years. Two are Thoroughbreds, three Standard-breds, one a Shire, one 

 a Percheron, and the remaining one a grade. Their average for breeding 

 purposes is low. The mares in this section are not of good type or quality, 



