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i I l ] ; I ■ — EARLY FOALS IN CANADA. Great Development in Breeding of Thoroughbreds Reported in Eastern Provinces, Toronto, Oat., February id. —duly ■ lew yearn ago a May foal in Qnebee Province was considered early enough, but jtisi now there is a controvwrs] in the Montreal papers between rival claimant* m-io the honor of having the tii-t thoroughbred foal of the season in Canada. Ii seems that there is already at Montreal a tilly by Masterman Lad] l.i-oi:,, bj Votei ami one by Masterman— Lady Dish, both of which came in .lanuary . the formei on the 20th and Lady Irishs yoangster not till si days later. As a mattei of fact both arc later than he Bed I Cranduia 11. Colt, foaied al Messrs. Dyments Barrie Farm in Ontario on January 15, which i- the lirst reported in Canada this season. The striking thing is that the Province of Quebec should be at all concerned in the question, bul breeding Is making great progress in eastern Canada Without attracting particular public notice a- mac., la- been accom lisbed in the last three years as In the previous thirty. And. In the meantime, westen Ontario has been practically at s standstill. Some Bis morning it will he made atartiagly clear that the Kings Ihtti winners uiil have to be looked Bur east "• Toronto, from which territory not one has come in hslf a century. Certainly. We ten! Ontario breeders must extend or improve their opera rJoao If thej are to botd their own against tin rising tide of development in the eastern part o the province, trn this side of th* Ottawa river then are growing up establishments whose produce ;- eligible foi ail Ontsrio-hred een;-, and of which no heed has yet been taken in the i an of the !•, ■ovine i which lia- hitherto held a monopoly Of this neid. The racing associations are committed t a 1 oiiey of increasing stake and purse taluos. omkI prise* and sustained improvement in breeding iro Land In hand, and the general interest will be well served by this steady encouragement aloof the line of aioie money from the clubs, which obtain it from the imhlie. At Lancaster, Out,, c. I.. Bervey ha- fourteen thoroughbred yearlings and two-year-olds. All of the yearlings are eligible for the Kings Pkife, and are the progeny of Burl Bogers a son of Sain, and Uo-cnioiint. W. II. Williams has two nice u area at Pembroke In foal to Angler, the Hindi • horse owned b] the Canadian National Iiurcau ot Breeding. Angler, a winner at the late Ottawa Winter Fair, i- the only Hindoo stallion iii Canada, and one of the few surviving represent a tiven of tid-rajnable Iu* ol Uerod blood, now eagerly lotnrht ia Rngund. Ai Renfrew M. -I. OBrien, the mining mrrhVmaire, has ■ ciioi-e tot of mases and foi-. Most of the mares are Bnglish and are. mated wiih the bttreau stal lion Ro- -11.111111,. winner of ihe nrst mize at the last Toronto Kxbibrtiou In a class ol ttftewi. Mr. OBrien is a successful man. and undoubtedly will cut an important figure in racing in a year or two. Hon. Clifford sifton will have a bureau stallion at his |.hue on the St. Lawrence, aear Brockville. and the establishment of Connaught Park al Ottawa will evidently come just iu time for the needs of the Ottawa Valley neighborhood. Manager John F. Ryan of the breeding bureau. Writes thai the early footings uo to show that the Canadian climate Is all right, providing the mare and the foal are properlj cared for. The 1k-s; tw. - ii .ids around Montreal were foaled In January and Februorj and they are hij; and strong, as will be noticed when the Held goes to the i.ost In the Nursery this year. Then are eighteen of them, of whi.-h thirteen are by bureau stallions or ini-ported In utero by the bureau. "We have also record of twent] seven yearlings," be add-, "and i.e-id* s ii,.-.- there are Bve by Mr. Clydes stallion Dublin, now dead and two hy Mesmerist. The others are by bureau stallions." There are thoroughbred yearlings and two-year-olds by bareaa stallion- .u such places in ju !i c aa: Murray Bay. Bale St. Paul, St. Ireaee, Bagotrille, Beanport, Quebec, Sherbrooke. West Brotne*. Port Neaf, Sansouvllle, St. Johns Ioint aux Trembles, I. tlte tote. Calumet, Hull. Iointc- Ilaire. Montreal, St. Lambert, tlarencevllle, lort William near the St. Bustache, Petawaaa eauapL The Maritime Provinces also show up well in tliis respect. The government brought in seventeen thor-■ nghbred broodmares and private individuals own about litleen more. Stringency i- stationed aear Lindsay, and Manl-t .iiliii Island i- also engaging the intention ,.i the bureau: i ut -till more hi tores ting is Mr. Brans BUM v Of tl mil: tO the vie-i j "The west i- especially keen on thoroughbreds, and mares have been taken from Ontario to Mani toba. Saskatchewan and Alberta; and have aN been ii rod from the United States, n would surprise v to s«m- the name- of old-lime lace mate- crop pin.; up "i our records from such far away place- as Prince Albert, Battleford and Edmonton, and the Peace Blver. We have records of mares bred al Valley Farm, which are now 195 miles northwest of Ciiiiiontoii: and we have other thoroughbreds which had to be shipped i: n » miles along the Peace Riv--:-to .ei where they are stationed now. Tin- large percentage of the ex-army men, and Lagliahnteu generally, in these faraway ranching countries, Is. i think, responsible for the Introduction of these uteres. British Columbis seems to be s --oni horse breeding country, i «"tb and south. The Okanagan Vallej i- destined to Ik- ■ great horse-breeding eountVj and from there to the Ear north eolta seem n, thrive, our northernmost horse Is al Stanger. When be got to the end ,,i the railway the Mouuted Police t-Mk iiim In charge, and |tassed him from I ,,-i to post. We hav a letter from the man «..■■ lia- inn; i !c. Hallblayt. saying that everyone In t i ■ bureau should !"■ canonised when they die. "Aa you know, tin- bureau does not aim to breed thoroughbreds, and for every thoroughbred foal there are probabl fortt or nftv Ua f-bred We take the -tand. however, that If the thoroughbred bl 1 ,- valuable to a union and this all progresslvi na l.oii- have proved, then the bureau stalDoas should be mated with any thoroughbred mares that rouse ;ilo,iL. provided it does not Interfere with their i - ii for cold blooded mares. Do not think h in any w;i Intereferea with the Uioroughbred breeding Industry, for there are no private-owned thoroughbreds in the place- l have mentioned. In fact, wo havi more than we ■ an d to place sires in these districts, which are not already supplied bj private mean-. and there will never he any danger of a clash."
