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REPORT OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION 



Ko. 65 



Oxford — Concluded. 



Mares. 



Township. 



West Oxford 



North Norwich 



South Norwich 



Dereham 



North Oxford 



Blenheim 



Blandford and town of 



Woodstock 



East and West Zora . . . 



East Nissonri 



Total 



® 



G 

 . O 



a £ aP 



:zi 



736 



252 



420 



740 

 273 



520 



521 

 505 



224 



4,191 



Type. 



Some good heavy mares, but many 

 light ones 



Fair 



Some good heavy mares and others 

 of lighter type 



Fair 



A few good Clydesdales, others 

 medium 



Fair stamp of mares, including some 

 good ones 



A few Clydesdales, others medium . 



Very good, including many imported 

 Clydesdales 



Fairly heavy, with some good reg- 

 istered Clydesdales 



'S 



1,200 

 1,150 



1,150 

 1,050 



1,150 



1,250 

 1,200 



1,300 



1,150 



3 





Fairly 



good . . 

 Fair 



Fair 



Only fair. 



Fair i , . . . 



Fair 



Fair 



Very good 



Very good 



Mares Bred to Dipfbrbnt Classes of Stallions. 



At the public meeting held at Woodstock, October 27th, attendance 

 was not large, but most of the speakers seemed to think that stallions should 

 be inspected. Some claimed that all stallions used for breeding purposes 

 should be registered, while others asserted that it would not do to shut out 

 stallions which had proved themelves good sires, although thej' could not 

 be registered, claiming that really good individuals should be allowed a 

 permit. It was thought that there should be an Act passed giving the stal- 

 lion owners a lien on the mare as soon as she is bred. With regard to syndi- 

 cating stallions, opinions were given that in some sections, if a syndicate was 

 formed of four or five men and they selected a first-class stallion, better sat- 

 isfaction would be given than the present system of syndicates which include 

 too many men. 



