1906 



ON HORSE BREEDING IN ONTARIO. 



79 



York — Co(atinued. 



Clydesdales, five Shires, three Percherons, eight Hackneys and a Standard- 

 V J "^^®re so many horses are imported for sale and newly arrived, 

 they do not, as a rule, stand for service, and consequently no stud fees are 

 availabde. For those in service fees run from |10 to |20. The mares in 

 this township are mostly of pretty good type and quality, averaging about 

 1,400 Ihs. 



Vaughan township has a fairly good lot of sires, which include four 

 Canadian-bred Clydesdales and a grade of that breeding, two Percherons 

 (one syndicated at a high figure), and a grade each of Eoadsten and Car- 

 riage breeding. All are eligible as regards soundness and their conforma- 

 tion is pretty good on the average. While some of the grades stand at |8, 

 the_ better horses make from flO to |14. The mares here average the same 

 as in York, and are much the same in type and quality which is good. 

 There is no breeding of old mares, as a rule. 



Etobicoke township, the last in York county, to be visited, has just 

 four sires within its/ limits, three of them Clydesdales, and one a grade 

 Roadster. With one exception all are sound and fairly good as to con- 

 formation. Ten to thirteen dollars are the fees charged. Mares are good, 

 and average well in type, with a weight of some 1,400 lbs. There are many 

 young ones E^mong them. In commenting on the stallions in this county 

 the Inspectors remark on a defect found largely among Canadian-bred stal- 

 lions of having rather small straight hoofs. 



Stallions. 



Breeding. 



Clydesdales, Imported 



Clydesdales, Canadian-bred 



Grades, Clydesdale 



Shires, (5 Imported ; 1 Canadian 

 bred) 



Percherons 



Hackneys, Imported 



Standard-breds, Imported 



Eoadsters, Canadian-bred 



Grades, Koadster 



Thoroughbreds 



Grades, Coach and French-Cana- 

 dian (1 Coach ; 3 French Cana 

 dians) 



Unenumerated 



Totals 



134 





1,745 

 1,600 

 1,550 



1,645 

 1,745 

 1,040 

 1,090 

 1,080 

 1,160 



1,400 



> 



5 

 5 



5 

 5 

 4 



12 

 7 

 9 



10 



01 a 



48... 

 19... 

 AIL. 



5.... 

 6.... 

 All.. 

 All.. 

 All.. 

 All.. 

 All.. 







Good 



Fairly good . 

 Fairly good , 



Fair 



Fair 



Good 



Fairly good . 



Good 



Fair 



Fairly good . 



Fairly good . 





2,551 



1,162 



176 



215 

 273 

 410 

 374 

 178 

 270 



458 



6,067 



12 

 10 



12 

 13 

 13 

 11 

 11 

 10 



10 



