116 REPORT OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION No. 65 



Glengarry Concluded. 



The public meeting for the county of Glengarry was held at Alexandria 

 on October 13th, and was attended by about 25 people, principally farmers 

 and breeders. The discussion was good and upon the following lines : the 

 majority favored breeding to Clydesdales sires, which, they say, have been 

 looked upon with disfavour here until the past year or two, but are fast com- 

 ing into favor now. It was suggested that the Government aid in getting 

 in pure-bred dams, not necessarily imported, and stop all grade stallions 

 from leaving their own stables. The following resolution was carried. 

 "That this meeting favor a license and inspection, also a small fee on all 

 stallions offered for public service." The people here seemed anxious to 

 learn how to breed in the right direction. 



Inspectors' Remarks : The greater portion of this county is well suited 

 for raising good, heavy horses, and, in the greater portion of it, the farm- 

 ers are beginning to wake up and look for a better class of sires. They re- 

 quire better dams also. Only one man was met with, who owned a pure- 

 bred mare. 



DUNDAS. 



The class of horses and mares in Winchester township is an improve- 

 ment on tha ! t of those in Glengarry county, the quality being better, and 

 there is more good blood in the mares, which, however do not average over 

 1,100 Ibs. The improvement is no doubt due to the fact that for some years 

 a number of Clydesdales, Shires and Hackneys have been imported into the 

 township for sale. There are eighteen stallions in this township, fourteen 

 of them jmre-bred and four grades. In regard to breeds thej are as follows : 

 Clydesdales, six pure-breds and" one grade ; one pure-bred Shire ; one pure- 

 bred Percheron ; five pure-bred Hackneys, a Standard-bred ; two grade 

 French Canadians and a grade Coach horse. Nearly a third of them cannot 

 qualify as being sound, and a number of them are not up to the average in 

 conformation and quality. Starting with $5 for a grade, service fees run 

 up to 



The quality of the mares in Mountain township is not <as good as that 

 of those in Winchester, nor are there so .many bred. There are but three 

 sires here, a pure-bred Percheron, and a grade of Clydesdale, and one of 

 Coach breeding. One is unsound, and the average conformation and quality 

 is not good. $6, $8 and flO are the fees charged, the latter for the pure- 

 bred sire. 



Matilda township has only one registered sire, a French Coach horse, 

 but eligibility to register is also claimed for a Clydesdale and a Standard- 

 bred. In addition to these, there are* two Clydesdales, a Roadster, and a 

 Coach, all grades, and a grade of no particular breeding. They -are all prac- 

 tically sound, but the average is not high in conformation and quality. 

 Service fees for the French Coach horse -are quoted as $20 ; for the rest $5, 

 $6, and $8 are the amounts. 



Two grades, a Clydesdale and a Hackney, stand in Williamsburgh 

 township, both sound and of fair conformation. The stud fee is $7 in each 

 case. Mares are of poor type and only fair quality, weighing 'about 1,050 Ibs. 



