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and while the Cleveland Bay and old- 

 fashioned Hackney or Roadster had become 

 extremely rare, we had been obliged of late 

 years to look abroad for supplies of harness 

 horses. 



The causes of deficiency in these breeds 

 were (i) the export of mares ; (2) the in- 

 creased profits accruing to sheep and cattle 

 rearing, and (3) the increased demand for 

 horses, consequent on increased population 

 and augmented wealth, which produced a 

 relative scarcity. The Committee recorded 

 great improvements during the few years 

 preceding in Cornwall and Devon, where 

 formerly few horses had been bred. 



The value of the work performed by 

 this Committee was much qualified by the 

 disinclination of its members to hear any 

 evidence which did not bear directly upon 

 Thoroughbreds and the production of saddle 

 horses. Perusal of the mass of evidence 

 given by numerous witnesses shows that 

 the Committee would hear little or nothing 

 in relation to the condition of Harness 

 Horse breeding, apparently holding that 

 very important department of the industry 

 as without the scope of their inquiry. It 

 is difficult to understand why this attitude 

 was adopted, but the published minutes 



