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In two years he served two mares. He then sent him into St. Ann 

 and, at the same fee, the first year he was there he served thirty maresL 



R. L. Young, Esq. : To promote better returns from our present 

 stock of horse flesh, give us a sure markt t and a ready sale for our 

 colts and fillies. As I have shown already, we have the raw material 

 to work on, but we war t some sort of assurance that we wont have the 

 stock left on our hands after bringing them up to a required stand- 

 ard. If I know the Government want remounts I would select a few 

 and raise them to the standard required, with the certainty that they 

 would be taken off my hands at a given time. The same can be done 

 with Polo Ponies, but with only two or three clubs in the Island, the 

 inducement is nil. 



With the importation of first class sires placing their services at & 

 low rate so as to come within the reach of our peasant proprietors, and 

 by keeping them moving from parish to parish — as has been done with. 

 Sir Gerald — I guarantee that in the course of a few years you will see 

 produced in Jamaica as fine a class of horses and ponies as can be 

 shown in any part of the world. 



Summary by H. H. Cousins. 



The following practical suggestions recommended themselves to mc 



(1) Institute Stock Farm and import breeding stock. Distribute 



progeny at an annual sale Take in mares for horse breed- 

 ing department to be attach d to Stock Farm Scheme. 



(2) (a) Subsidise local stallions. 



(b) Import and localise stallions — Each horse to have his 

 own special attendant to travel with him. 



(3) Pass a Castration Law on lines of Mr. Craig's former Law. 



(4) Enquire and use influence with War Office for a remount 



trade. 



(5) Offer King's Purses for 3 year olds. 



(6) Enquire cost of landing mares of types suggested and 



advertise for applications from breeders. 



7. What prospects are there for an export trade in horseflesh. 



{1) to other West Indian Islands : 



C2) Po/o Ponies : 



(S) Mounted Infantry Remounts. 



S. C. Burke, Esq. : The Jamaican horse is noted in all the other 

 West India Islands, and is in good demand for racing and general 

 hack purposes. A fev/ years ago Jamaican race horses when running iu 

 the other islands were taxed under a special scale, higher than the 

 Creoles or native-bred horses. Extraordinary high prices have been 

 fetched by Jamaican racers, but those da3-s are past, and we shall never 

 again see a "Best and Bravest" or a "' Cliunticleer" sell for £500. The 

 bubble has been pricked, and tho other West India Islands have now 

 realised what we have also found out that a common English selling 

 plater is good enough to take care of all the flyers we can produce. 

 But although the trtde in racehorses is dead, the demand for racing 

 ponies is very brisk. Our Jamaican ponies seem to be a class in front 

 of anything which the other islands can produce. An instance of thi« 



