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with good results, very few countries, if any, have such suitable mares 

 to breed Polo Ponies from as Jamaica. We have got, whatc annot be 

 got elsewhere, a breed of naturally small thoroughbreds. The mares 

 of which, if the right type, are the ideal m .res to breed Polo Ponies. 

 These mares if crosst d with a 14.8h.h.or 15h.h. weight-carrying hunter 

 type of stallion would, I believe, breed us weight-carrying Polo Ponies. 

 If we could export weight carrying 'unmade" Polo P. nies as 4 year 

 olds in February or March before the Polo season began I believe they 

 would make about £40 each. If "made" prior to being sent over it 

 is hard to say what they would make. 



I consider that in breeding Polo Ponies here in Jamaica we have a 

 considerable advantage to what we have in breeding any other variety 

 of horse, firstly because we have the mares and general conditions most 

 suited for Polo Ponies and secondly, the Polo Pony is comparatively a 

 new variety of horse. To within a year or two ago a polo pony was 

 only a chance bred animal. If we go in for Polo Pony breeding we 

 are therefore starting at the begining whereas with hackneys, or any 

 other breed we will be starting after the breed is practically perfected. 



(3.) What I have said as regard Polo Ponies applies equally to re- 

 mounts as the ideal remount is, I believe, the weight carrying Polo 

 Pony type. The ponies that were too big or when tried were found 

 unsuitable for Polo would make excellent remounts. 



A. Roxburgh, Esq. : 1. Cannot form any idea. 



2. Polo Ponies for England must be very fast. To breed such, 

 special Stallions are necessary, as the ordinary thoroughbred is too big. 

 But if we had a couple of real good pure bred pony stallions, the pro- 

 perty of the Government, to which nothing but carefully selected mares 

 be put, we could breed a Polo Pony second to none and well worth 

 the expense of feeding and shipment to England, where for good ponies 

 long prices are paid in a certain market. Mou'^ted Infantry horses 

 could also be raised here but breeders wont feed their young stock un- 

 less a sure market is before them. 



J. Shore, Esq.: Many. 



1. Barbados gladly takes Jamaican hard built ponies. Other Islands 

 likely to, also. 



2. I cannot say, but think there should be good prospects. 



3. This is the main point, I am certain that Jamaica can be made a 

 great centre for Remounts. Several estates abandoning cane cultiva- 

 tion in the drier districts can with profit go in for this, provided their 

 is a chance of sale. 



Cuttle raising hardly pays now and will be worse when more sugar 

 estates are abandoned ; so that horse breeding for remounts should 

 take its place. 



B.Toole, Esq.: (1) A fair prospect (presuming we improve our 

 present stock) provided the Steamship Companies reduce their present 

 rates for conveyance to a moderate amount and offer better facilities 

 generally for transport. 



(2.) We can breed Polo Ponies all right, but the same difficulties 

 arise as at (1) 



(3.) This is somewhat different, we must raise the average height to 



