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I 1 • ; 1 1 1 : • t J • I • II • I r - 0 in n e " 1- of 1 ; 8 by I r ;. [j 1 is is — — , _. „. has ls ;l W Sir lr Iv the ie in in _,, z" . Lb • of of ta ,.,. !|. far ar tin K. r" J? j 1 .2 -_ . 7 ,2i -" .11 1 .17 17 .11 I .1" 15 .11 1" . • • "S . ; W .11 17 .1. 10 .l« W .11 .fit 08 ,ii 1" .. 18 .11 In m ■ 4 .IH ih; .fit 86 .al • 17 .li lo .u; us CANADIAN BREEDING BUREAU-S RECORD. Work of 1911 Reviewed at Annual Meeting and Flans Made for Increased Usefulness. Montreal. Que., January 22. — At the third annua! meeting of the Canadian National Bureau of Breeding aaarked eathasiaam was displayed over the reports of the work abac in ttll, and it was the unanimous wish of those present that efforts should Im- redoubled in 1912 to push forward the bureau campaign. The financial reports showed that the federal government, as well as the provincial governments of Nova Scotia. New. Brunswick and Quebec, have helped the work by granting bonuses. ami although this remuneration so far is small compared with the amount of money spent by the bureau in the past four years, still it has encouraged the directors and makes the future look more bright. Lieut. -Col. Sir Kudolphe Forget. M. P., and J. F. Kyan were appointed a committee to interview the Honorable, the Minister of Militia and Defence, and endeavor to have his department co -operate In solving the remount problem, as in most modern countries. A vote of thanks was passed for the donation of stallions to the following: Hamilton Jockey Club. Hamilton. Out.: Major .1. W. Wadsworth. Gcaeeeo. N. v.: Heury McOaniel, Lexington, Ky.-. Algernon Daingertieltl. New Vork: Amos Turney. Lexing ton. Kv.: John Freeman, New York; Thos. Lave. Montreal: K. I. Matthews. New York: W. 0. Joplin. Missouri: Roderick J. Mackenzie. Winnipeg: Thos. P. Clyde, Salisbury. Md. : Frank Nolan. Albany. N. Y.: R. T. Wilson. New York: J. T. It. Laurendeau. Montreal: A. C. Weston. Salisbury, Md. ; C. L. Hervey, Montreal. John I". Ryan, the general manager, explained the work done during the year In an address, part of which follows: ••The Canadian National Bureau of Breeding. Limited, has now closed the third year of its in- cor|Miration under Dominion Covernmcnt charter. It is the youngest organization of its kintl in the world As bureau work requires time in accomplish Bleat, it is well in making comparisons betwt-en this bureau and those of Burope, to bear in mind that France. Cormany. Austria-Hungary. Russia anil other nations have been engaged in the work for from thirty to one hundred years, and also to realize that these bun alls have received millions of dollars from the governments of those respective countries. "Having in mind the comparatiely short time in which the Canadian Bureau has been operating, and allowing for the extremely economical manner in which it has been conducted, it makes a good showing with any of the bureaus now in existence. "During the year Ptll the donations of thorough bred sires were hugely in excess of the donations in 1910. This is encouraging when it is remembered that thoroughbreds are not nearly so plentiful as they wire a year ago. and that anti-racing legisla- tion in the United States baa resulted in such a eon dltioa of affairs that onlv about nftv per-cent. as many foals were registered in Iftll as in l.tlO. If this decline continues at the same rate it will not lie long before the thoroughbred industry serosa the border will almost cease to exist. . but it is to be ■ hojHil that the gotnl sense of the American nation 1 will come to the rescue of the thoroughbred before ■ he is exterminated by persons altogether ignorant of his economical worth. During the year many line -tallioiis were presented to the bureau, including Beau Gallant, King Cobalt. Brown Tony. Martin 1 Doyle, Light Wool. Retdmoore, Crawford. Angler, lire Pug. oiseau. Kllin Beau, Otter, prank Navin. Zogolha, Stringency, Sanguine. Zacntecas and Roy-;- • al Oak. "pour horses hail to lie refused because they did I not pass satisfactory veterinary examination. The ■ class of horses received in PJ11 was good indeed. Oiseau. for example, cost James B. Brady, of New York city, 7.5 Hi. and Beau Callant was sold to Richard Croker for $:IO.OOO. The owner of King ; "• . alt refused an offer of |19,fiM for that horse S and afterwards donated him to the Canadian Bureau. These are the kind of thoroughbreds which other countries pay large sums of money to secure, and it ! is a matter .if almost! daily record that lrame. Germany, Argentina Bad other countries pay more ■ for one thoroughbred stallion than the entire cost t ..f the Canadian bureau up to date. This being sxi. it would seem that Canada is a much favored conn try so far as thoroughbred owners and breeders of America are concerned. "The quality of the bureau sires is also proven by v the fact that during 1911 they defeated all other r thoroughbred stallions in Camilla in the show ring. . from Macleod. Alts., right through to the Atlantic e seaboard. It was a continuous string of triumphs. :. including the first prise at the National Exhibition n in Toronto, ami al the Central Canada Fair. Ottawa. "In June last tic- bur.au was unfortunate 111 loa • ■ tag Masterman, which had to lie destroyed as a re- suit of injuries received at the farm of Samuel Nee- bin. Petite Cote. Que. This bone was the champion n thoroughbred sire of America, having won that t title at the New Vork Horse Show in lillo. His s death was a great loss, not only to the bureau, but t to Canada, for In- was a perfect thoroughbred. It t was some consolation, however, to find that Burners s and breeders in all parts of Canada seemed to o realize what an unfortunate loss this was and sent in any letters of regret to the National Bureau. "During the year an arrangement was made with h the federal government whereby the bureau receives s a beam of .". » per horse, providing certain coadl-tions i are complied with. This bonus is also given 11 t" Independent owners of bureau sires, and far from 11 Interfering with vested Interests, the bureau has is area this recognition for private owners and ha-i- received many letters of thanks from them. "The Province of Quebec has also -how n it sppre-al elation of the work by giving a Hal giant of SoiMi m per hois.- mi a Stipulated number of hoists placed d in this province. "So far the pi .vine. of Ontario has not eOSM to 0 the ahl of the bureau, although the Ontario govern 1 nnii collects a lax from running tracks. The e matter i- again being taken up with the Ontario ■ government, ami it is hoped that this time the e bureau will ine.t with greater siiei.--. Tin- government 1- grants so far received are too small to carry .v ••n a national work of this kind and the sooner more " liberal arrangements are asade the better it will be • for Canada sad the empire. An effort will be made •• in the near future to have tin- Department of Mili i- 1- 11a assist. .1- w.ll as the Department of Agriculture. If this 1 an be ilone the work can be pushed ahead ti far more rapidly. "The value of the thoroughbred SB a sire of f cavalry remounts i- acknowledged now by every v progressive nation ami has been demonstrated by ,v marly all the European powers. It is not in any J way an experiment, but an absolute pro van fact. t. Canada ha- xuaVienl grazing room to raise all the ie remounts required by England, and will do so if if enough thoroughbred -ire- can be secured to produce • .1 -iitlieient crop ..f half breds. --in practical KaultS the Canadian bureau make- •s s good showing. As far as can be estimated then re will be almost twice as many foals in P.H2 as there •e were in Ptll: this is fine to three reasons: lirst. t. there are more sires out: second, tin- bureau hall is been more exteusivtlj advert iseil. and third, the ie foals hav made l-.huI and have popularized their lr sin-. The farthest east horse BOW is King Cobalt It at Halifax: the farthest weal horse is liter at Van 1 reaver, and the amount of area covered by the n- Canadian btir.au surpasses anv similar organization hi in the world. "The bur.-au 11-e- every means in its power I. to encourage the Importation «.f thoroughbred mares, and thi- year wa- Instrumental in securing a ship 1 uieiit froiu England which were afterwards disposed ■d i- 1- ti of f v by ,v J t. ie if if • •s re •e t. is ie lr It 1 n- hi I. to 1 ■d of in Canada ami will remain lure. If there were a sufficient number of thoroughbred mares in this country the bureau might in tin- future be abb- to get -ir - here. The bureau ha- to think tie- Hamilton Jockey club for the donation of three stallions Reidmoore, Stringency and Crawfi.nl sad for Hie kind BfUSBsm to do more in this respect in the future. An effort will In- made to get twenty five or thirty more stallions in 1812, ami these will be distributed where thev are most needed. Particular attention will be paid to those applicants who are near the hoad- quarters of cavalry sqaadroaa in Canada The iv partinent of Militia in 1911 furnished the bureau with a list of tlnse points, ami Mliour one-half of the place- have already been supplied with bureau -ires. It is foil that the eavalrv officers sad men should CO-operaM a- far as they possibly tan to help iii the .-.ie, 1 ion oi suitable mares ami to otherwise encourage tin- work from an array standpoint. As General Preach -ays in his report: The success of the bureau WStft is of great importance, not only to Canada, but to the empire at large. " The governors, osacera ami officials wen- all r.-- elected, the Board of Governors betag mcreased by the addition of Charles Douoliuc of Montreal.
