1906 



ON HORSE BREEDING IN ONTARIO. 



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N ortlwmberland Concluded. 



MARES. 



MARES BRED TO DIFFERENT CLASSES OF STALLIONS. 



The public meeting for the county of Northumberland was held at 

 Brighton on November 15th, and after discussion a motion was carried 

 favoring inspection of all recognized breeds: "That all stallions kept for 

 service be required to pay a tax of $ 25 ; that the minimum fee charged for ser- 

 vice should be $10 a mare ; and tha f a Lien Act be passed to give the stallion 

 owner a lien on the mare and foal until the service fee for sire of foal be 

 paid." 



PRINCE EDWAED. 



In the townships of Hallowell and North and South Marysborough there 

 are twenty- four stallions altogether, which include two imported Percher- 

 ons and two grades, a pure-bred and three grade 'Clydesdales, a French 

 grade, six Standard-breds and six grades, a German Coach horse, a Carriage 

 horse acd a Hackney. Some are too advanced in age to be of much use as 

 sires, and again others are unsound. Altogether they cannot be described 

 as a good average lot, although, as elsewhere, there are some good ones 

 among them. Twenty-five dollars is quoted as the fee for a Standard-bred, 

 but the general fee ranges from $15 to as low as $5. Mares are of a very 

 mixed type, not over 1,100 Ibs. in weight on the average, and their quality 

 is poor. A few good ones are found here and there. Some of the stallion 

 owners favor a stallion Inspection Act, but quite a number are indifferent, 

 while others think that legislation is entirely unnecessary. 



