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Upgrading breed Acton Free Press Nov 1 1978 Waterfield Farms looking forward to Olympics by Jennifer Ban- In the world of horse breed the fashion in hunter type horses has recently for the last years leant towards the fineboned leggy horse seen on Thoroughbred race tracks The old fashioned heavy weight hunter became a thing of the past relegated to the farm With increasing interest in threeday eventing a sport combining hunter trials jumping and dressage the need for a more substantial horse became apparent Farms of Brookville arc filling that Former farm Gareth Jones and his wife CarrJones are two young people owners of Farms who are making their presence felt in the world of horse breeding in a very time It also interc ting to note Wakefield Farms is situated and Mrs Sam Wilke Before his death five years ago Dr was a well lovea veterinarian and hone lover Once again his farm Is filled with fine horses dogs and wildlife a fact which would please him Gareth and have achieved a place In the opulent world of horse breeders by plain hard work and an astute sense of horse business Two years ago they were occupying a leased farm north of Rockwood with two GARETH AND JONES show off one of their fine hunter fillies destined to go to the Royal next month The filly is a good example of the Jones breeding program of heavyweight hunters She is half Thoroughbred and naif Clydesdale and is owned by Farms the Jones establishment Conservation briefs Authority sells land At a meeting of the Halton Region Conservation Authority held on Thursday evening members agreed The Authority will sell acres of land on Concession Five near for the sum of to Ontario Hydro The deal will also include a foot wide rightof way on either side of the creek Dredging will be carried out on the 12 Mile Creek from the footbridge at Park south westerly by means of a bulldozer the sedimentation from the creek and depositing it along the banks of the creek Phase one of a long term flood plain mapping program for the Conservation Authority will be phased over a three year period allocating per year in the Water Control Budget Tenders will be called for thinning at the Crawford Lake Conservation Area Signs will be placed in the Crawford Lake Conservation Area to explain the forest management activities being carried out in that area The format of the Heron Herald publication will be revised and include a name change to The Conservation Cornerstone Capital improvements to the Glen Eden Ski Area and electrical systems are to be made at an estimated cost of to 13 for Ihe season Region wants further studies of quarry sites Halton Regional Council vetoed the recommendation of its planning department to withhold any further studies of quarries for waste dis posal The recommendation was based on the report prepared by Engineer R J Moore Moore said It was found that all quarries on top of Ihe escarpment were limestone quarries and as such were suitable for landfill purposes It was also found that only two of the shale quarries in the region had any potential for use as landfills These quarries are in the existing Milton Brick quarry and Badlands area in Burling ton The Milton Brick Quarry is on the cast side of Tremaine just north of Steel es Ave It is known as Site H The Badlands area on the north side of Highway between the existing sanitary landfill site and the old Bay view landfill on King Road Site A and the Quarry also In Burlington which is on the south side of between Uns worth Ave and Snake Halton Council has rejected the sites Moore said the reasons the former twowere rejected be cause owners have materia extraction plans which are in conflict at this time and will remain in con- Job counselling program flict for some time The Natco was rejected on account of high develop ment costs due mainly to access Moore said We have reported in the past that both the Milton Brick Site and the Burlington Badlands Site A have limited potential for waste disposal the present time Their greatest potential lies In the future after more material has been extracted but too far in the future to be of any use to us now In our present situation He said We question the desirability of or the need for additional study of quarries at this lime It is our opinion that we have nut Information on hand now At its Oct meeting council decided otherwise and ordered the feasibility of all quarries in the region be examined for their potential as waste fill sites brood mares Now they are owners proprietors and man of a large acre establishment currently under renovation Twenty broodmares have gone through their hands during the past year and about 30 more have been bred to the three hunter stallions Foals of excellent quality and breeding occupy spacious box stalls The whole farm bespeaks the hard work and industry of its two young proprietors came from dedicated horse background in England and Wales A zoologist by profession he with Expo as head of the animal In the British pavilion He ended up staying here and working with the University of Guelph in the department of wildlife and zoonosis Always an enthusiastic rider Gareth had a sound basis of knowledge for deve lopment of the current breed program at Waterfield It was at the he met a native Canadian with a degree in Biology She had also ridden horses but lacked horse back ground so he put her in training by allowing her to muck out his horse s stall for six months And still mucking out stalls she laughs currently works at the University while handles the operation at home with help from a small staff Culling practice among the broodmares selling unsuit able ones has left the Jones with nine mares in foal for next season Of the three stal lions they own Windy Storm a well known local stallion of exceptional size and good looks He is currently being campaigned successfully in the hunter show world The other two stallions on the property are leased Gauchcsco owned by Andy Thompson recent manager of Barcrest Farms Milton stood forscveral years at that farm and is now at Water field The big seal brown horse Is well proven as a sire of good performing foals The third stallion an older gentleman with fine is Pled another large hunter Thoroughbred noted for consistent Mares and stallions from Waterfield have been shown at all the big hunter shows and a fair sized will go to the Royal in November The Jones are well pleased with showing results Using these stallions and good brood mares the Jones hope to produce good foals with bone and stamina compete in gruelling three- day events Any foals failing to pass muster should still be excellent heavy hunters thinks We want to breed a heavy weight hunter with class explains horses suitable for Olympic com petition The hunter world has long been plagued with a light flighty type of Thoroughbred horse and breeders of a sub stantial hard working sen hunters were few far between When Canada entered the last Olympics in the thrcc- duy event field importing coach Sheila Wilcox from England for Ihe purpose of producing a Rood team inter est in threeday event horses rose Miss Wilcox brought most of the horses with her from to ensure the correct typo of lorse was used Canada as a nation is developing well in the field of threeday and there by hangs the need for jood horses A program to help welfare recipients who hove rouble finding work get a Job should show some good results by the end of March Vivian administrator of regional social and family services said last week Other municipalities arc getting good results There no reason why we t An employment counsellor to carry out program wa3 hired in June In a report on the first three months of the project to Regional Health and Social Services Commit tee Mr Vivian said vidunls had been placed in jobs out of who had been referred to the counsellor Out of 107 Halton employers contacted indicated In teres Five negative responses were received Arrangements have been made for the counsellor to spend part of each week In ledge of employment tunlUes and to conduct inter views there Hills Councillor Roy Booth said he dldn consider placements of a good track record but Mr Vivian said some of the people referred to the counsellor were not yet ready to work and were put in a job read program He said the counsellor first two months were spent mainly in doing the spade work needed to get the program moving and that the program Itself has really been operative only since August It a hard game Mr Vivian commented saying tile worker has received figuratively speaking many slaps in face from both employers and clients that saving money was the reason for hiring the counsellor Milton Councillor Jim Kejr asked how much the program had saved Mr Vivian estimated malely HOW would have been paid out in a month had the 10 people remained on general welfare assistance He said there Is no way of knowing whether any of the individuals placed would have found Jobs anyway STATION HOTEL presents NSCOWE Thursday Friday Saturday November 234 and Thursday Friday Saturday November 91011 Dont Miss It STATION HOTEL eld hopes lo fill bill has had much ex judging and assist Olympic and World Championship calibre events plus managing other farms and constantly sees he type of horse he wants to produce Usually that horse is from another country Ihus em need for Canada to produce the same Someof form mares are part Clydesdale providing the necessary bone and muscle for b foals We really want a horse that looks like a Thorough bred wilh temperament of a cold blooded horse Gareth comments The Jones care very much what happens the foals produced from oilier mares off the farm and give a foal care pamphlet Ihcy produced themselves lo are book produc owner They also keep low to Last year percent of marcs covered are due to produce foals in the January March 79 season a very good rate of success Being fussy about bookings also ensures the right kind of mare is accepted so the chances of producing a foal of type is increased Gareth and Jones are two people with a goal in mind albeit a large goal With their kind of determination one feels they II achieve that goal We know what re doing and we do it our way has the last word Acton Jewellerys