. Horse-breeding in Canada [microform]. Horses; Chevaux. - 100 — THE CANADIAN HORSE i do not intend to give here the history of tl Canadian horse, and this, for the very excellei reason, that there exists no written history of th race of horses. Wnether the Canadian can tra his origin to Britany or Normandy is of very litt importance, from our point of view, and the pi pose of this work. However, I wish to remai casually, that I very strongly disbelieve the theori advanced bv , that the Canadian horse is descendant from Percheron ancestors. With the gracious permission of its auth( Mr.;
. Horse-breeding in Canada [microform]. Horses; Chevaux. - 100 — THE CANADIAN HORSE i do not intend to give here the history of tl Canadian horse, and this, for the very excellei reason, that there exists no written history of th race of horses. Wnether the Canadian can tra his origin to Britany or Normandy is of very litt importance, from our point of view, and the pi pose of this work. However, I wish to remai casually, that I very strongly disbelieve the theori advanced bv , that the Canadian horse is descendant from Percheron ancestors. With the gracious permission of its auth( Mr.; Ernest Gagnon, I thought it opportune insert here extracts of his very interesting stu( bearing on this 8ubject,and publised in 1892, in t Journal of Agriculture : " The first horse to canter on Canadian sc was landed in Quebec, June •25th, 1647. The Co pagnie des HahitiWts had imported this animal af gift for the Chevalier de Montmagny, the th governor, and it proved a novel sight, for the s tlement of Quel»ec, (whose newly laid streets w< still unnamed), to see their worthy governor ridi over the pathways like Gustav Nadaud's 6^ darmes. " The hahilnnU of those early days were p sessed cf the same high spirit as those of to-da and justly considered that, to be a chevalier wi out having a horse, was devoid of common ser " M de Montmagny left Quebec ihe ensu year. What became of his horse ? It is har probable that he was made to re-cross the oce Nevertheless, it is also about settled that this ho was gone from Quebec, in 1650, as the Hur. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Duchène, John D. , d. 1933?. [Québec? : s. n. ]
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