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REPORT OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION 



No. 65 



Oxford Concluded. 



MARES. 



MARES BRED TO DIFFERENT CLASSES OF STALLIONS. 



Stallions. 



Registered Stallions 

 Grade Stallions 



Totals 



At the public meeting held at Woodstock, October 27th, attendance 

 was not large, but most of the speakers seemed to think that stallions should 

 be inspected. Some claimed that all stallions used for breeding purposes 

 should be registered, while others asserted that it would not do to shut out 

 stallions which had proved themelves good sires, although they could not 

 be registered, claiming that really good individuals should be allowed a 

 permit. It was thought that there should be an Act passed giving the stal- 

 lion owners a lien on the mare as soon as she is bred. With regard to syndi- 

 cating stallions, opinions were given that in some sections, if a syndicate was 

 formed of four or five men and they selected a first-class stallion, better sat- 

 isfaction would be given than the present system of syndicates which include 

 too many men. 



