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REPORT OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION 



No. 65 



Lennox and Addington Concluded. 



MARES. 



MARES BRED TO DIFFERENT CLASSES OF STALLIONS. 



The public meeting for Lennox and Addington was held on November 

 13th, at Napanee, and was attended by about twenty-five people. There 

 was a fair discussion, and it was moved, "That in case the Government pass 

 legislation prohibiting non-registered stallions standing for service, stallion 

 owners receive compensation for those horses that do not fulfil the require- 

 ments." 



It was moved in amendment : "That all stallions offered for service shall 

 be pure-bred, registered in their respective books, of good conformation and 

 sound." The amendment was carried. 



Inspector's Remarks .Lennox, and Addington should be the breeding 

 ground of good horses, inasmuch as there is plenty of good land and good 

 water, but like all the eastern part of Ontario, there is a great lack of good 

 mares. Farmers breed indiscriminately, crossing and re-crossing with no 

 ultimate object in view, instead of trying to make each successive cross an 

 improvement. Many oJ the farmers are unable to distinguish between true 

 and bogus pedigrees, and can, therefore, be easily imposed upon by unscrupu- 

 lous persons. Ignorance is widespread. Education is the watchword and 

 remedy. 



