1906 



ON HORSE BREEDING IN ONTARIO. 



73 



Peel Concluded. 



MARES BRED TO DIFFERENT CLASSES OF STALLIONS. 



At the meeting held at Brampton for the county of Peel, the speaker* 

 were generally in favor of an Inspection Act for stallions, and one speaker 

 went further and thought that it should include an inspection of the pro- 

 geny, and, if these proved inferior, to cancel the sire's license. Much better 

 results were obtained from the importation from Great Britain than from 

 those from the United States, as regards the light classes. Another gentle- 

 man found that little confidence could be placed on the pedigrees of the light 

 horses as furnished by owners. Nothing beneficial would follow inspection 

 of the dams. If any system could be 1 devised whereby stallions could be. 

 restricted to a certain number of mares it sho_uld be done. It was also 

 thought by another speaker that the breeding of heavy horses was the most 

 profitable for the farmer. He would encourage the crossing of Clydesdales 

 and Shires. Another gentleman considered the breeding of speedy horses 

 in Peel an ignominious failure, on the testimony of a light horse' breeder. 

 Another gentleman also spoke very strongly against syndicating, of which 

 he had had bitter experience, some one always being given a good sum of 

 money to put the deal through. 



SIMCOE. 



In Essa township honors are divided, there being three each of Clydes- 

 dales and Standard-breds, and only one grade, belonging to the latter. Two- 

 thirds of them are sound, and the general average conformation is good. 

 The fees charged run from $10 to $15. Mares average from 1,200 to 1,300 

 Ibs., and the average kept is 1 by each breeder. 



Tecumseth township has three pure-bred Clydesdales, four grades of 

 more or less Clydesdale breeding, a Percheron, a German Coach horse, and 

 a Roadster grade. With one or two notable exceptions they are not of a 

 very high order, although several qualify as regards conformation, but not 

 all as to soundness. A minimum of $5 and a maximum of $15 is the range 

 of the stud fees. The mares in this township are rather inclined to the light 

 tyfpe, the heaviest averaging about 1,300 Ibs. and the light about 1,175. 

 They are of a fairly good type. The general opinion of the farmers seem- 

 ed to be that syndicating stallions was a great mistake, for by this means the 

 stallion costs nearly double what it should, and as in most cases there is no 

 one whose special business it is to look after the stallion, in most cases it is 



