1906 ON HORSE BREEDING IN ONTARIO. 



Grey — Continued. 



fourteen to four, viz., — eleven pure-bred Clydesdales, one grade Clydesdale. 

 :i grade Shire and a Percheron. Light breeds are represented by one import- 

 ed Hackney and three gi;ade Standard-breds. Three are unsound, and no 

 high ratings as to conformation are given. Fees charged are all the way 

 from 18 to |13. 



With the exception of one Standard-bred, Clydesdales have a monopoly 

 ot Sullivan township. Two out of the seven stallions found here are grades 

 and sis are sound. The average conformation is fairlj good. Thirteen 

 dollars is the maximum fee charged and |7 the minimum. Out of the 430 

 mares here only 10 are described as of light type, 80 of the draught type, 

 and 340 agricultural. 



Tlie proportions of the mares in Derbj township are very similar to 

 those in Sullivan, viz., — draught 50, agricultural 200 and light 25. Three 

 pure-breil ( 'lydesdale stallions, all sound and of fair conformation operate in 

 this townsldp, one of them putting in the first season. No fee is less than 

 |10 and |15 is the highest charged. 



There are a few more light mares in Keppel township, so we find two 

 Standard-bred stallions (one a grade), to one Clydesdale. All are rated 

 sound and of fair conformation, and earn fees of from |10 to |12. Draught 

 mares are not numerous, only 40 being located, while light kinds number 60 

 ansd agricultural 160. 



The number and average weight of mares in Sydenham township runs 

 as follows: 100 draugnt, 1,500 lbs.; 600 agricultural, 1,300 lbs.; and 270 

 light mares, 1,000 lbs. The Inspectors explain the large percentage of 

 light mares in chjs tcwnship by the fact that in Owen Sound there are a 

 large number of light stallions. As a matter of fact there are twelve light 

 sirea made up as follows : five registered Standard-breds and two grades of 

 that breeding; two pure-bred Thoroughbreds, a pure-bred Hackney, and a 

 grade, and a grade French Canadian. The heavy breeds are represented by 

 three imported Clydesdales. Conformation is fair in all cases, but there' is 

 unsoundness in four of these animals. A Standard-bred grade is at the bottom 

 of the list as regards fees, viz., |6, while a Thoroughbred heads it with |15. 



In St. Vincent township, on the other hand, the heavy sires are the rule, 

 almost to the exclusion of light stallions, there being only a solitary Stand- 

 ard-bred to five Clydesdales (one a grade), and three Percherons of which 

 one is also a grade. Out of nine sires two are reported as not sound. For 

 the two grades the service fees are |8 each, for the pure-breds from |10 to 

 |15. Draught mares are given as 100, agricultural as 420 and light as 100. 

 in this township. In average weight, quality, and age they are on a par 

 with those in adjoining townships. 



Heavy sires are also in the majority in Holland township where breed- 

 ing interests are looked after by three Clydesdales, a Belgian, a Thorough- 

 bred grade and a grade of Standard-bred stock. Nearly one-half are rated 

 as wanting in soundness, and the average conformation is only fair. Ser- 

 vice fees are about the same as elsewhere in this county, |8 for grade and 

 |10 to |15, for the others. The agricultural type of mares predominates to 

 the number of 350, light mares being next in number with 150 and draught 

 with 120. 



The proportion of light to heavy sires in Euphrasia townshio is as four 

 to five consisting of two imported and one grade Hackney, a Standard-bred 

 and three imported and one grade Clydesdale. No cases, of unsoundness were 

 reported here, but conformation is only fair. Service fees are the same as 



