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scure. Bombay may congratulate itself on having seen a most exceptional collection 

 of indigenous and imported horses and cattle, also of cross-breeds, and on an oppor- 

 tunity for comparison of results of breeding operations in Western India, such as 

 has not occurred before and will be long before it occurs again. People who talk in 

 a light-hearted manner of animal shows in Bombay are hardly aware of the excep- 

 tional circumstances under which the 1890 Show has been organized, nor of the 

 amount of work and responsibility involved in it. At any rate, some of the secretaries 

 can look back on the week of the Show as the busiest in their lives. 



Consideration of the awards shows that — 



1. The general stamp of exhibits was of high class. 32 per cent, being rewarded. 



2. The cattle were, as a whole, considered more highly than the horses, 38 

 per cent. 



3. Of the horses and ponies, Bombay contributed roughly one-third ; and of the 

 cattle, about an equal proportion. 



4. Bombay exhibits were a few Waters, a good show of Arab horses and ponies, 

 some useful draught cattle, and some valuable buffalo-cows. 



5. The Princes and Chiefs mainly exhibited in the European and country-bred 

 classes of the horses in all classes of cattle. 



6. From the northern parts represented in the Show, the horses principally 

 obtained prizes. 



7. From the southern parts represented in the Show, cattle principally obtained 



prizes. 



8. The Government of India (Commissariat Department) and the Government, 

 of Bombay took prizes for cattle. 



9. A colt by a Bombay Government sire took first prize in the young stock class. 



10. The driving classes (cattle) were a failure 



11. Bombay was well represented in the driving, jumping, and turn-out classes, 

 showing that as regards horsemanship the Bombay people make the most of the 

 time, space and climate at their disposal. 



1 2. The Bombay Municipality was well represented in the bullock class. 



On the whole, 1 take it, the Show was representative of Bombay as well as of 

 the west of India. The Water classes were weak, the Arab classes, country-bred, 

 and young stock classes were necessarily dependent on supplies from up-country. 

 As regards cattle, bullocks, buffaloes, cows, and gainias came from Bombay, breed- 

 ing stock and agricultural bullocks from up-country. To the happy combination of 

 classes from local and exterior source, must be attributed the general success of 

 the Show. The weakness of the important cattle classes, and the cattle driving, 

 were more than compensated for by the fine show of Arabs, country-breds, and 

 ponies, the good muster of indigenous cows, bulls, bullocks, and buffaloes, and the 

 enthusiasm in the horse driving and turn out classes— possibly a larger number of 

 tandems and of jumping ponies might have turned up, but on the whole the entries 

 were gratifying. There can be no doubt the Bombay public fully appreciated the 

 novel sight of a horse and cattle show in the island, and in the main those who were 

 concerned in its organization must be gratified with the result. 



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