1920.] Licensing of Stallions : Season 1920. 751 



mares, namely: cataract, roaring, whistling, ringbone (high or 

 low), sidebone, bone spavin, navicular disease, shivering, string- 

 halt and defective genital organs. 



The table hereunder gives the number of horses in respect 

 of which licences were refused, and the diseases on account of 

 which they were refused: — 



TABLE IL 



BREEDS. 



REASONS FOR RKFUSAL. 



be 



a 



ic, .S i > 



"St:' i ' 



- -6 



Pedigrree. 



Stire . . 

 Clydesdale . . 

 Suffolk 

 Percheron . . 

 Hacknej- 

 Thoroughbred 

 Huntpr 

 Polo Pony . . 

 Fell Pony .. 

 Shetland Pony 

 Welsh Cob 



2,520 

 332 

 205 

 34 

 219 

 193 

 10 

 22 

 19 

 11 



262 

 46 

 12 

 1 



17 

 10 

 1 

 1 



2 

 1 

 6 



10-4 



13-8 

 5-9 

 0-3 

 7-8 

 5-2 



10-0 

 4-5 



10-5 

 9-1 

 80 



1 i 3 I .. 



Non-Pedigree. 



Heavy 

 Light 



Pony and Cob 



I otal- ot ciefusals 



12-3 

 7-8 

 6-0 



102 101 94 24 -22 20 18 



Seventy-seven appeals were made against refusals of licences, 

 and in 27 cases these were successful. The 27 cases are not 

 included in the table. 



Attention is drawn to the fact that persons who are in 

 charge of stallions travelling for service are liable to be called 

 upon to produce their licences, and in this connection the pro- 

 visions of Section 3 (Sub-section 3) of the Act cannot be too 

 widely known. Under that Sub-section a licence granted under 

 the Act or certified copy thereof shall be produced : — 



(a) at the time of or before the service by the stallion of a mare, if so 

 required by the owner or person in chai'ge of the mare ; and 



(&) at any time, if so required by an officer of the Ministry or a 

 police officer or any person authorised by regulation under this 

 Act : 



and if the person for the time being in charge of or having 

 control of the stallion fails to produce the licence or certified 

 copy when so required he and also the owner of the stallion, 

 if the failure is due to his default, shall be liable on summary 

 conviction to a fine not exceeding £5. The Ministry this 

 year instructed their Inspectors to require the production 



