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"Courtier," the best in my opinion, did not have a show. 



" Cavalier" was an expensive luxury, the least said about him the 

 better. 



A. C. L. Martin, Esq. : I have two fillies by Cavalier now two years 

 old. One out of a thorougbred pony mare and the other from an or- 

 dinary pony mare Both these fillies are unsuited for working pur- 

 poses but will make good mule mares. 



J. T. Palache : Since Courtier II. died before he sired anything the 

 results in his case are nil. 



I have only seen one foal by Cavalier, a veritable beast not worth 

 sixpence. Sir Gerald is doing real good work and all of his stock that 

 I have seen are all that can be desired and his fillies crossed with care- 

 fully selected thoroughbreds of the type of Asteroid, Dinna Forget, 

 Fitzherbert and some others I would name, will, I am certain, result in 

 just the style of stock wanted for general work in Jamaica. 



H. C. Paton, Esq. : The sires imported by the Agricultural Society 

 -were I think hardly a success. I don't think any one knew what type 

 of horse was to be bred from them. The fillies got by Cavalier are 

 eminently fitted to breed mules but for any other purpose his progeny 

 would seem to me to be very little use. Sir Gerald hns bred some 

 " pretty" ponies, but they again do not seem to me to be serviceable 

 animals for the island, nor would they be worth exporting as that type 

 has been brought to very near perfection in England. 



Hon. Dr. Pringle : I think undoubtedly they have done good and 

 if they had been helped by system and art would have done more, but 

 as they did not produce racing stock right off they were boycotted, 



A. Roxburgh, Esq. : That the Yorkshire Hackney was unsuitabler 

 but that the " Welsh Pony" so called has done good service, and will 

 I trust be freely utilized and do still more. 



The good wrought will be better appreciated — when his filly geta 

 are put to selected thoroughbred stallions. 



Bernard Toole, Esq : The conclusions to be drawn from the re- 

 sults of the sires imported by tTie Agricultural Society is that they 

 have not fulfilled reasonable expectations, and I think the cause is not 

 far to seek. 



The types in my opinion were too extreme, if 1 may express it so; 

 the Hackney too bi>r and cLumsy for a hilly country like Jamaica, where 

 owing to our light vehicles, very heavy draught is seldom required, and, 

 moreover, a Hackney is not a horse which the ordinary Jamaica settler 

 can feed. The Welsh pony on the other hand, owing to his smallness, 

 does not cross well with our ordinary Jamaica mares w^hich seldom 

 exceeds 14.2 in height, and although he has produced some exception- 

 ally nice stock hy fir d class mares the tendency to breed tiny animals 

 (too small for practical purposes,) more than turns the scales against 

 him. 



United Fruit Co. : We have seen but two colts out of Sir Gerald, 

 and so do not feel competent to express an opinion on this question, 

 but the two colts we have seen have impressed us very favourably. 



A. B. Ventresse, Esq. : In this case we are practically limited tO' 

 Sir Gerald, the other results being practically nil, and unfortunately 



