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ON HORSE BREEDING IN ONTARIO. 



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Essex. Concluded. 



MARES BRED TO DIFFERENT CLASSES OF STALLIONS. 



The meeting held at Essex was not large, but it was enthusiastic over 

 the future of the horse trade of this Province. The roads were bad, and a 

 number of the breeders who came in by train had to remain all night 

 The meeting was unanimously in favor of a Licensing Act and also regis- 

 tration. The only point upon which there was any difference was the 

 amount of licensing fee, a fair majority wanting a moderate sum, and the 

 balance going to the extreme. 



KENT. 



Some sections of T Kent County seem to favor heavy horse breeding more 

 than others, but the main type is the lighter breeds. The city of Chatham 

 is a great light 'horse centre, and of the sires owned by horsemen in this city, 

 ten in number, four are Roadsters, one a Hackney, two Percherons, two 

 Cljdes, and one a Shire. The Roadsters are mostly a good class, and also 

 the Hackney, while the two heavy breeds are fairly well represented. Two 

 of the stallions are fifteen years old, and stud fees vary from flO to $15, 

 while for three Roadsters $20 is the fee stated. 



The township of Raleigh inclines somewhat to the heavier breeds, there 

 being two Clydesdales (one a grade), two Shires, a Percheron, and two Road- 

 sters available here. The fee for a Roadster, $30, heads the list, the general 

 run of fees being $10 and $13. All the horses are reported sound, and all 

 have stood to, a good number of mares. Of these latter there are in this 

 township about 1,500, weighing about 1,100 Ibs., and of fair average qual- 

 ity. They vary in type from Percheron to Roadster and general 'purpose, 

 and are of an average age of nme years. 



Tilbury East is mainly a heavy horse centre, there being five Clydes- 

 dales (two grades) and one Coach stallion. The average quality is not as 

 high as it might be, and three of the horses are getting on in years, one bein^r 

 reported as unsound. Stud fees come at $9 to $15. Draught, genera] 

 purpose, and Roadster are the three prevailing types among the mares in 

 this section, which average in weight 1,200 Ibs., and are fair in quality, age 

 averaging seven years. 



There are four Roadsters (two of them grades) and one Thoroughbred 

 to a single Clydesdale stallion in Romney township, which indicates fairly 

 well the type of mares kept, which are general purpose, Roadster, and some 

 of heavier type of draught. Two of the stallions are aged, and with but two 

 exceptions did not rank as high as they might. From $10 to $13 are the 



