The point I would make, after this brief summary of the 

 Commissioners' Report, is that the facts set out as to native 

 breeds furnish sound reasons against the recommendation to 

 reorganise the Government Studs. Economy and efficiency 

 alike point to the wisdom of turning over a new leaf altogether, 

 and discarding the use of alien sires other than Arabs of the 

 best breed. " The price of every remount purchased is 

 Rs. 1,945 [or ^^135] for stallion power alone" (paragraph ^Gb), 

 and the number of animals proving fit for issue as Remounts 

 being so small by comparison with the numbers bred. 



It is difficult to escape the conviction that in this Report 

 we find ourselves faced once again by the unreasoning 

 prejudice in favour of the Thoroughbred. Otherwise it seems 

 impossible to explain the recommendation that the use of 

 Thoroughbred stallions should be persevered with, while there 

 exist, over large areas in India, breeds of horses in every way 

 fitted for military purposes. 



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