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The average payments by the Ministry for the Board's 

 Premium stallions was £189 and the maximum £244:, the 

 average earnings of the stallions being £252 and the maximum 

 £334. 



Service Season, 1921.— The number of mares served by the 

 60 stalhons awarded King's Premiums was 4,350, an average 

 of 72 mares a stallion. 



On the recommendation of the Light Horse Breeding Sub- 

 Committees of the County Agricultural Committees, 26 pre- 

 miums (termed Ministry's Premiums) were awarded, and these 

 stallions served 1,398 mares, an average of 53 mares a stallion. 



Five premiums of the approximate value of £145 each were 

 awarded for Eiding Pony Stallions. The average number of 

 mares served was 52 and the foaling percentage of the 1920 

 service season was 53. 



Nineteen premiums of the approximate value of £80 each 

 were awarded for Welsh Cob stallions in 1921, and, in addition, 

 three premiums of £80 were awarded for Welsh Eoadster 

 stallions in Pembrokeshire. 



On the recommendation of the Dales Pony Improvement 

 Society, four premiums of the approximate value of £80 each 

 were awarded to Dales Pony stallions and five premiums of 

 similar value were awarded to Fell Pony stallions selected by 

 the Fell Pony Committee. 



Thirty-three premiums were awarded to Mountain Pon}^ 

 stallions in M^ales and ten to those in the New Forest. These 

 premiums varied in amount from £5 to £10. 



Thoroughbred Show, 1922. — The Show of Thoroughbred 

 stallions in 1922, was held at the Eoyal Agricultural Hall on 

 28th February to 2nd March, and the Judges were Sir Gilbert 

 Greenall, Bt.*^, C.V.O., and Lt.-Col. J. McKie, D.S.O. The 

 number of entries was 88 as compared with 97 in 1921 and 

 106 in 1920. The drop in entries may be attributed to the 

 uncertainty which existed in the minds of exhibitors as to 

 the continuance of the Premium system. Only eight new stal- 

 lions were exhibited but none of these were of sufficient merit 

 to receive an award. 



Fifty-seven King's Premiums (including 12 Super-Premiums) 

 w^ere awarded, and the King's Cup was won for the third year 

 by " Gay Lally " belonging to the Compton Stud, the Eeserve 

 horse being " Scarlet Eambler " as in the previous two years. 



