The only distinct type of Cape Horse that was produced were 

 the famous "Cape Greys" bred by Mr. Melek, they being the pro- 

 geny of the Spanish stallions captured in 1807. They seem to have 

 been heavier than the average Cape Horse of the time and more 

 adapted for driving than riding.^' Melck's stud had a great name 

 and many of his stud's representatives were found all through the 

 land. The type has never been established as a breed ; but the great 

 dapple-greys still met with here and there are certainly still de- 

 scendents of these Spanish stallions. 



Frequent mention has been made of the van I^ijls', Oosthuizen's 

 and Hantamer horses; but although there certainly was a ditfer- 

 ence in the type we have no reliable information what the points of 

 variation were. AVith the unfortunate neglect of horse-breeding 

 and the more disastrous efFeuls of the Anglo-Boer war these types 

 passed away before they were firmly established. To-day every 

 effort is being made lo breed on the lines of the old type and some 

 of the Colesberg bi'ccflers are so fortunate as still to own some of 

 the old Hantam mares. 



In 1811 and afterwards some of the best Thoroughbreds im- 

 ported to the Cape found tlieir way to these studs. Mr. Oosthuizen 

 owned War Eagle. Turpin and Evenus. Turpin later went to the 

 Orange Free State and then into Natal. Mr. Louw owned Sir Her- 

 cules, and Sorcerer. Mr. Van Zijl ov/ncd Sir Hercules (Louw's), 

 Champagne Charlie mid !^ir Ainyas Leigh — horses that were on a 

 par with any of tliose that crow]i t'le !':eueal(),i':ieal trees of other 

 breeds."^ The founfhilion slock was as we have seen fi'cm the first 

 chapter mostly of Oriental strains, with the evception perhaps of 

 the five stud horses from Boston, U. S. A., in 1872 and several stal- 

 lions from England in the same year. 



Up to the beginning of last centui'.v, almost a century and a 

 half, Oriental blood has been the dominant one; since then the 

 Thorougrbred reigned for half a century, when a period of Hack- 

 neys, Clevelands, Roadsters and even Cart Horse sires in 1890 and 

 after. 



The Haclvneys found greatest favor in the Western Province 

 of the Cape Colony. The Melck and Kotze studs in Malmesbury 



(.'',7) Mcnrivh Lichteiistciii. "Seisin in SMlirhcn Afrila nnS-1806, Berlin ISll. 



Live Stock Jouriiiil No. g "Light Horses" — Breeds ond Mnnariemcnt. 



London 1907. 

 (;-{8) Compare. Graf C- G. Wrangel "Die Ea.sscn der Pferdes" Stuttgart 1909. 



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