Breeding, in 1897. Mr. Henry Withers, 

 referring to a period ten or twelve years 

 back, said, " We went abroad a great deal 

 and for four or five years we had one buyer 

 in Lexington and another in New York." 



Mr. Withers proceeded to say, "We do 

 not want to go to America or to go abroad 

 if we could only buy in England or Ireland, 

 but American horses at that time were very 

 dear. I remember buying ten horses that 

 just came off the boat at Liverpool, and 

 gave ^rio apiece for them. The week 

 before last I went from London to Hanover, 

 where I bought six horses ; from there I 

 went to Brussels ; from Brussels I went to 

 Ghent, where 1 bought four ; from there I 

 went to Lille. I went to Paris, where 1 saw 

 a large quantity of horses. I bought two." 



Mr. Wimbush, in course of his evidence, 

 stated that he began to go to Normandy for 

 horses about ten years previously. " The 

 horses there are not very large, 15.3 or 15.2, 

 and occasionally up to 16 hands; but they 

 are horses of beautiful appearance, very 

 handsome, and splendid goers, they not only 

 step well, but go most excellently on their 

 hind legs." 



Had the Commissioners made enquiry 

 into the breeding of these " splendid goers," 



