The great Trek of 1836-38 and the subsequent establishing of 

 the old republics extended the distribution of the Cape Horse over 

 these provinces and for over thirty years the breed of horses were 

 cut oif from fresh blood ; yet the selection must have been of a high 

 standard for the Orange Free State type of horse was an all round 

 better animal on the average than the one bred in the Colony. Many 

 of the Thoroughbred stallions imported from England found their 

 way here and Cape Colony farmers were even restricted selling them 

 to the farmers of the neighboring states.^* 



The same may be said of the province of Natal. The first Thor- 

 oughbred imported there was Mortimer by Fitz Allen, the sire of 

 good breeding stock and forerunner of many excellent imported 

 horses. 



The neighboring German and Portuguese Colonies use the Cape 

 Horse as foundation stock by preference,^"' being selected after al- 

 most every other European and South American breeds were given 

 a fair trial. 



All Southern Africa including the Protectorates and lands out 

 side the Union and British East Africa, excepting perhaps the Tsetse 

 fly stricken area may be taken as the home of the Cape Horse in 

 varying type for the ground stock is always the same. 



With the opening up of the rich interior of Central Africa and 

 the advancement of Veterinary Science, the Cape Horse has a 

 great future , for of all breeds he is undoubtedly the hardieft and 

 healthiest, and if he is better than the Thoroughbred and Gulf 

 Arab in the trying Indian climate he is the only horse that has a 

 chance in the future development of the twilight continent of \frica 

 and a chance to win laurels of fame as high as those of the illustrous 

 ancient stock from which he springs — the Libyan of North Africa. 



(34) Memorandum. Blue Book 1858. 



(35) Br. 0. Wegner " Zwr Kenntniss der Sudafrikanische Landwirtschaft 

 1906." 



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