1906 



ON HORSE BREEDING IN ONTARIO. 



77 



Simcoe — Concluded. 



Marks Bred to Difpersnt Classes of Stallions. 



The public meeting for the county of Simcoe was held at Barrie, on 

 October 26th. Some of the speakers took the ground that syndicating 

 horses should be encouraged, providing it is properly done and a good care- 

 taker employed. Some of the views expressed by those present are as fol- 

 lows : Syndicating is a benefit if properly done otherwise it is an injury. 

 Offspring should also be inspected, and future licensing based uJ)on that. It 

 is a question whether the people would stand the licensing and the conse- 

 quent cutting off of poor sires. In syndicating, a syndicate should be form- 

 jed first and then the animal afterwards purchased. If animals do not pass 

 inspection they should not be allowed to stand for service at all. A small fee 

 should be paid for license. It would be a great hardship) to bring a license 

 act into force if there was not enough serviceable animals on hand to do the 

 work of service. Do not bring such an act into force at once. The heavy 

 horse is the more profitable to breed but we have use for all classes of horses. 

 The Government should do nothing to curtail the personal liberty of the 

 individual. No horse should be licensed unless registered in some recog- 

 nized Stud book. Unlicensed animals should not be allowed to stand for 

 service. To make it illegal to allow the owners of scrub sires to charge a 

 service fee would not be effective. Something should be done by the Gov- 

 ernment in preventing poor sires which are registered from entering the 

 country. An inspection and license act should extend to imported stock at 

 the time of landing. In the syndicating or selling of stallions the law 

 should stipulate that notes taken in the sale of stallions should have written 

 across the face of them "Stallion sale notes not negotiable." This would 

 protect the! purchaser in case the animal does not come up to any guarantee 

 which may be given. If the notes do not bear this mark they should become 

 void, and the salesman liable to a fine or penalty. 



At the conclusion of the meeting a, vote of the audience numbering 

 twenty-six was taken as to the advisability of the Government passing a 

 Stallion Inspection and License Act and the voice of the meeting was unan- 

 imous in supporting such a measure. It was also considered that it would 

 be a benefit to encourage Agricultural Societies to choose a good sire for the 

 season, grant the owner a premium and restrict the horse to the service of a 

 certain number of mares. 



