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T do not consider that " Cavalier" was the sort of horse to import ; 

 he was a hackney, but not a good one, and the price paid for him 

 ought to have procured a first rate Hackney Stallion, bought direct 

 from the breeder in England. 



I have seen a pair of this stallion's progeny at shows, etc., and can- 

 not say they have been a success, and have noticed that the feeling to- 

 wards Cavalier, was anything but what it ought to have been and has 

 created a great dislike amongst the older Penkeepers throughout the is- 

 land towards any animal of the " Hackney type," and it is for this 

 reason that such a lot of discontent nearly always follows " Shows " 



" Sir Gerald" is a compact little pony stallion, but is not a Welsh 

 pony stallion, I think he has done some good in getting ponies of a 

 size useful to some. One thing his gets are very much like himself, 

 the only fault with " Sir Gerald" is, he is too small as the tendency out 

 here is for animals to become smaller. 



A. P. LocKWooD WiNGATE, EsQ. : It is difficult yet to draw any 

 definite conclusions on this point as the two Hackneys died early and 

 without producing many foals and we have yet to see any "Sir Geralds" 

 4 or 5 years old on the road drawing their buggies over a journey of say 

 "30 or 40 miles, and how they go under these circunostances. Until we 

 see that it is hard to say if the " Sir Gerald" type is suitable for Ja- 

 maica, and our work here, or not. 



Hon. G. McGrath : The sires imported by the Agricultural Society 

 have undoubtedly produced good results, but owing to the death of the 

 better of the two hackney stallions the number of foals p^'oduced has 

 not been sufficient to mark this breed. The Cavalier's fillies put to 

 thoroughbred stallions would undoubtedly produce excellent results 

 and their foals sufficiently fed must make good substantial carriage 

 torses, but no good results can be effected with this breed without 

 proper feeding. Many of the mares in the Island have bad action and 

 drooping quarters, both of which faults the introduction of the Hack- 

 ney rectifies, while as a rule they have plenty of bone and breed big 

 enough to the Hackney. 



The Welsh Pony Stallion " Sir Gerald" was imported for the express 

 ^purpose of producing " mountain ponies" and Sir Henry Blake when 

 on leave in England was requested to procure a stallion for this par- 

 ticular purpose and Sir Gerald was selected by his Excellency and my- 

 self lit the Government Stud Farm at Ballybrack near Dublin and 

 after much trouble, and upon the representation of Sir Henry that the 

 horse was required by the Agricultural Society of Jamaica, the Board 

 for the Congested Districts of Ireland met and as a particular favour 

 spared the Government of Jamaica Sir Gerald for the same sum as they 

 had just paid for him. He was considered in Ireland one of the best 

 pony stallions ff his class and unsurpassed for the purposes required. 

 I think this sire has done good service in Jamaica and given great 

 satisfaction to those who own his progeny. He will leave a good im- 

 pression on horse-breeding in the Island. 



E. W. MuiRHEAD, Esq. : " Sir Gerald" no doubt has been a success 

 in the direction of imparting more quality into our 1-i hands- Roadsters, 

 ,but as this is possibly our strongest class of stock it was least needed. 

 31o8t of our thoroughbred having ruu to this size. 



