£8051.5; thus losing one the whole transaction £5548.15." This 

 did in no wise discourage him as was shown in the previous part 

 of this chapter things progressed rapidly and the breeding from 

 Thoroughbreds as sires became predominant. Another incidence 

 that gave Lord Charles' 'India Trade a great impetus was that dur- 

 ing this time a number of Indian Nabobs flocked to the Cape, then 

 highly esteemed as a health resort. ' ' The Cape horse was sufficient- 

 ly attractive to draw their attention and the Nabobs, lavish in dis- 

 pensing the golden mohurs, paid very high prices and took many 

 horses back as chargers and hacks, they being the best of their class 

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

 Thoroughbred, they soon attracted the attention of the Indian Gov- 

 ernment authorities to the advantages of the Cape as a field for pro- 

 curing remounts from. With what results we have already shown 

 and may add that 5482 horses and 198 mules to the value of £215,645 

 were bought in South Africa for the various campaigns in the In- 

 dian Mutiny. ' '"^ 



At this time 1810, Australia also imported her first horses from 

 South Africa and became indebted to that country for the first 

 horses that ever trod her soil. The animals, according to a contem- 

 porary writer in Australia, appear to have been obtained without 

 selection and to have been poor specimens."" In an enclosure in 

 one of Lord Charles' letters it is stated that "Capt. Thomas took 

 out 28 horses to Australia in 1826 and lost 14." The Captain cer- 

 tainly made a good selection as at this period ' ' a vast improvement 

 has been affected in the general quality of the Cape Horse. ' ''"' 



Thus began an industry in Australia that in 1860 perfectly 

 outranged the South African trade in remounts for India and has 

 kept the lead ever since, pocketing the larger part of one and a 

 quarter million pounds sterling annually. 



Another factor that has done much in the development of horse- 

 breeding is racing. More fully will be dwelt on this phase of the 

 industry in its particular character. It may, however, be remarked 

 that with the Thoroughbred came also that grandest and best of tests 

 for stamina, quality of bone and tendon, constitution and tempera- 

 ment — the race course. 



(67) Eecords of Cape Colony, Vol. XVII. 1816. 



(68) Lt. Cal. Apperley. Cape ContMy, Vol VII. 



(69) Athuson 18S4 by Grey Rattray in Agricultural Journal of the Union of 



South Africa, Vol VIII. 



(70) Records of the Cape Colony 18S6. 



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