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SO many years, and they have been very extensive, it seems to me 

 almost marvelous that they have gone on so smoothly, not a jar 

 on either side; it is cause for great thankfulness, and I don't 

 want our correspondence to drop." 



Mr. Davidson began breeding Clydesdales in 1886. In that 

 year he imported Darling 1st, a prize winner at the Highland 

 Show. She produced three foals for Mr. Davidson, the first one 

 being his famous Darling 2d, that produced progeny which he 

 sold for a sum above $10,000. Darling 2d had nine foals, and 

 the lowest price for any single one was for the yearling filly, 

 Darling 3d which sold for $1,000. In the stud of Mr. Moffatt, 

 Darling 3d gave rise to some thirty-five descendants, ten of which 

 sold for over $10,000, and the other twenty-five served as Mr. 

 Moffatt's producing stud. 



Mr. Davidson was a modest man of retiring disposition but 

 there came a time when his political friends insisted that he was 

 the only man who could carry the riding to their interest. In 

 1891 he was elected by a majority to the Canadian House of 

 Commons, a position he held until his death. His vigorous con- 

 stitution and mentality was maintained until the last, and with 

 the exception of failing eyesight, he enjoyed almost perfect 

 health until within a week of the end. An attack of pneumonia, 

 however, could not be controlled, and he passed away peacefully 

 in his 84th year, honored and esteemed by all who knew him. 

 Mr. John Dryden (14) published an enconium on Mr. Davidson 

 in which he stated as a highest form of compliment, that "Mr. 

 Davidson was a typical Scotchman." Mr. William Miller 

 (116) wrote Mr. Ogilvie (6) this quaint and expressive com- 

 ment, "Mr. Davidson was not a typical Scotchman, as John 

 Dryden says; he was an ideal Scot!" 



