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the sixteen hundred Farmers who will this year receive direct 

 benefit from the grant for promoting improvement in Horse- 

 Breeding in Ireland. 



The directions issued to the Veterinary Surgeons are as 

 follows : — 



1. " If the Stallion suffers from one or other of the following hereditary 

 diseases, viz. Eoaring, Whistling, Kingbone, Unsound Feet, Navicular 

 Disease, Spavin and Cataract, the Certificate is to be marked Unsound. 



2. " If the Horse is free from these diseases, tlie Certificate is to be 

 marked Sound. 



3. " No other remarks are to be entered on the Certificate as to the 

 condition of the Horse. 



4. " The Veterinary Surgeon is requested to make the inspection of the 

 Horse most careful and searching. He is in particular to thoroughly test 

 the Horse as to the soundness of his wind. For this purpose the Veterinary 

 Surgeon is advised to carry with him a lunge rope, not less than 36 feet long, 

 as in some cases Owners of Stallions may not have such a rope conveniently 

 at hand. 



5. " Veterinary Surgeons are particularly requested to regard the results 

 of the inspection as strictly confidential." 



The Veterinary Surgeons reported that Eoaring, Whistling, 

 Eingbone and Cataract were the prevailing ailments with 

 which unsound Horses were found to be afi'ected. 



A satisfactory feature reported by the Veterinary Surgeons 

 in some districts is that fewer unsound Stallions were submitted 

 for Eegistration, and also that several horses, rejected last 

 Season''^ by the Hoi'se- Breeding Committee, have disaiypcared 

 from the Country. 



March, 1898. 



'■■■ 1892. 



