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2. Broken Polo Ponies in England would fetch high prices, but need 

 some one with means to take them over and play them there to show 

 their ability. 



3. Cannot be filled now, I fear, but might as before suggested. 



J. T. Palache, Esq.: In former years a considerable export trade 

 was done with the other West Indian Islands, Mexico, Central and 

 South America, and I know in my own lime of a thoroughbred stal- 

 lion Legatee, by Quicksilver, out of Legacy, being exported to the 

 United States. He stood in Tennessee and was very much thought 

 of and many of his descendants are now registered in the American 

 Stud Book. Only last week I was applied to, to supply the pedigree 

 on the figure system of a mare called Buzzing Bee, said to be one of 

 the best race horses in Mexico, bred from a mare I sent over called 

 Beretta and got bv a horse sent over by Mr. C. L. Walker, of St. Ann, 

 called Buzzard Wing. 



The trade fell off with the depression consequent on the break down 

 of the Sugar Industry affecting as it did the purchasing power of other 

 Islands and the monetary condition of the breeders here, but I have 

 no doubt that with anything like returning prosperity this trade will 

 revive to the advantage of both sides 



The advantage to importers to Ihet-e countries to get a horse already 

 acclimatised and bred in the same climate cannot be over estimated 

 and will give us a very considerable advantage over countries in more- 

 Northern Latitudes. 



When Major, now Colonel, Blagrove was in Jamaica investigating 

 the question of Cavalry remounts I had the privilege of accompanying 

 him to several places in St. Elizabeth to examine and measure the 

 horses and brood mares. He iniormed me that whilst he did not think 

 the Jamaican horses large enough for heavy cavalry he thought they 

 would be admirably suited for mounted Infantry. He also expressed 

 himself exceedingly pleased at the soundness of the Jamaican horses 

 and their freedom from heritable unsoundness of any sort. 



When the late Lord De Clifford was in Jamaica I had the pleasure 

 of entertaining him at Montpelier. I then had three English Sires 

 serving there, Sir Amyas, Black Bead and Hubert, and besides my own 

 mares there were 30 or 40 mares from other pens to three horses. I 

 showed Lord De Clifford about 60 mares, after carefully examining 

 them, he said that in a large breeding establishment in England you 

 would see larger and finer mares, with more fashion and quality — but 

 you would never see such a collection of mares so sound and utterly 

 free from heritable unsoundness which in England disfigures two thirds 

 of the mares. I gather from this testimony and from my own 

 knowledge of the subject that with care, attention and judicious feeding 

 of the young stock we are capable of breeding, rearing and supplying 

 the very horse for Mounted Infantry Remounts. 



A. C, Paton, Esq. : (1) The prospect of an export trade to the West 

 Indies is I think a very limited one and seems to be practically only 

 for racing purposes, for which the supply in Jamaica seems to be quite 

 equal to the demand, the West Indies seeming to find it more advan- 

 tageous to get their working stock from America. 



(2.) The exportation of Polo Ponies could, I believe, be caraied on 



