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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. Davinson began breeding Clydesdales in 1886. In that 
year he imported Darling Ist, a prize winner at the Highland 
Show. She produced three foals for Mr. Davinson, 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. Morrarrt, 
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. 
MorratT’s producing stud. 
Mr. Davipson 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. Joun DrypEN (14) published an enconium on Mr. Davipson 
in which he stated as a highest form of compliment, that “Mr. 
Davipson was a typical Scotchman.” Mr. Wituiam MILLER 
(116) wrote Mr. Ocitvie (6) this quaint and expressive com- 
ment, “Mr. Davipson was not a typical Scotchman, as JOHN 
DRYDEN says; he was an ideal Scot!” 
