1906 ON HORSE BREEDING IN ONTARIO. 21 



Lambton. 



In Brooke township, heavy breeds are to the light as 5 to 4. Three 

 Clydesdales and two Shires, all pure-bred, and four Roadsters (one a grade), 

 compose the list of sires. All are rated sound. Two are 13 years old. 

 Their standard, as regards conformation, action and general worth is very 

 fairly good. Ten dollars is the lowest, and fifteen the highest fee charged. 

 The 1,200 mares kept are somewhat of the draught type, others are gen- 

 eral purpose, and a few Roadsters. Average weight runs about 1,150 lbs., 

 while quality is medium, and the average age 7 years. 



The breeding stock of mares in Euphemia township, totals 700, are gen- 

 eral purpose in style, and average 1,100 lbs. Their quality is only 

 medium, and average age 9 years. Two Clydesdale sires, and one Hack- 

 ney are kept for service; two of these have only been standing for service 

 for one season. No unsoundness is reported, and the average rating is 

 fairly good. For one Clydesdale, a grade, the service fee is |8, for the pure- 

 bred, |12. 



As the 1,800 mares kept in Warwick township are mostly draught, 

 with some Roadsters, we find Clydesdale sires in the majority. The mares 

 average 1,250 lbs., their quality is good, and average age is 6 years. No 

 less than 8 out of the 13 stallions in service are Clydesdales, only o e be- 

 ing a grade. Roadsters come next in point of numbers' with four, two of 

 which are grades, and there is one Carriage stallion. Four of the total are 

 newcomers. The average for conformation, and action is fairly good. 

 Starting with $8 for a grade, the service fees run up to |12. 



In Plympton township there are about 1,200 mares of very mixed 

 type, averaging 1,100 lbs., and only fair in quality, with an average age 

 of 8 years. Stallions number 18, 12 pure-breds, and 6 grades. Service 

 fees are as low as |7, and as high as $12. Most of the stallions are sound, 

 and barring some very aged horses, scored fairly well. Roadsters lead with 

 eight. Clydesdales number six, and there is one each of Shires, French 

 Canadians, German Coach, and Thoroughbreds. 



Bosanquet township favors Clydesdales, 3 out of 4 of the sires being of 

 that breed, and the other a German Coach. All are sound, but the aver- 

 age quality is not as high as it might be. There is considerable of a Clydes- 

 dale type in the 1,500 mares in this township, their average weight being 

 1,200 lbs., and quality fair, and average age 7 years. Service fees are |10 

 to |15. 



In Sarnia towrship breeding proceeds largely on Roadster lines, there 

 being four sires of this breed to one Clydesdale, one Percheron and a Hack- 

 ney. Thr«e of the Roadsters are grades; all the sires are sound. In con- 

 formation the average is fair, but the percentage of colts is small. Ten to 

 fifteen dollars are the fees charged. The report on the mares describes 

 them as of general purpose type, and not very good, averaging 1,100 lbs. 

 iui weight, and in quality not as good as they might be. Their average age 

 is 9 years. 



Considering that in Moore township there are about 1,100 mares of fair 

 quality, weighing 1,200 lbs., and mostly of Clydesdale and Shire draught 

 type, the balance being Roadster and Percheron, the proportion of 5 Clydes- 

 dale stallions to one Percheron, a German Coach Horse, and three Road- 

 sters is not excessive. Of the stallions, three are grades, and all are fairly 

 Bouid, while four are well up in years. Four rank well as to conformation 

 and action, and others are about the average. Service fees are comparatively 

 small, |7 to $12. 



