(d) DISTRIBUTION. 



From the previous chapters it wonld be learned that the Cape 

 Horse found his entrance into very distant parts of the world ; but 

 these importations would not strictly fall under the head of distri- 

 bution as we hereby generally understand the use of any breed of 

 animals for breeding purposes. And yet it is quite probable that 

 some of the imported remounts were also used at Studs. 



In roughly reviewing the several exports of horses from South 

 Africa we find that the first exportation dates back to 1769, when a 

 shipment left for Madras. Since then at various times thousands 

 of horses went to India up to the middle of last century.'^" 



In 1810, Australia imported her first horses from South Africa 

 and repeated the undertaking in 1825 with better selected animals."''^ 

 A civil servant of high standing writes in 1821 that "inany of the 

 best bred horses had been sent to Mauritius and India in 1821 and 

 the sport (Racing) slackened; but the increase of young horses 

 bred from English horses caused a greater interest." 



''The export of horses to Mauritius (and probably other eastern 

 countries) in 1821 amounted to 300,000 Rixdollars and that which 

 appeared to have been undertaken for the gratification of hunting 

 or racing has become a substantial source of profit to the breeders, 

 the farmer and the shipper. ' '"- To quote another authority on this 

 lucrative exportation to tiie East : 



"During this period the Cape Horse was sufficiently attractive 

 to provoke the admiration of the lordl}^ but debilitated Indian Na- 

 bobs, who at this period flocked in large numbers to the Cape, then 

 highly esteemed as a health resort, and many horses were taken to 

 India as hacks or chargers by the recuperated health-seekers. For 

 these the Nabobs, who were always lavish in dispensing the golden 

 mohurs paid very high prices and they being the best of their class 

 and able to stand the Indian climate much better than the English 

 Thoroughbred horse, soon attracted the attention of the Indian 

 authorities to the advantages of the Cape as a field for procuring 

 mounts from and in 1835 a small trade was opened up which bade 

 fair promise of yearly increasing in m.ag']aitude. ' '^^ 



(30) Geo. McCall Theal " History of South Africa." 



Grey Battray. Beprint in Agriculture of Cape of Good Hope 1904. 



(31) Records of the Cape Colony Vol. XXVI. 



(32) William Wilberforce "A State of the Cape of Good Hope in 1822." 



(33) Eeprint from "Racing Calendar" of 1885 in Agriculture Journal of the 



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