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Horse Breeding in Prussia. 



[OCT., 



province regulations are in force requiring the licensing of 

 stallions and providing for the appointment of district commis- 

 sions authorised to issue licenses. These regulations are given 

 below, and it is stated that they are enforced by the State and 

 are very strictly adhered to : — 



Sec. I. — Only such stallions may serve mares as are approved 

 by the State and have received a serving license, which has to 

 be renewed annually. The following are excluded and need not 

 have any license : — (a) the sires owned by the State ; thorough- 

 bred sires charging a fee of £2 los. ; {c) sires owned by private 

 owners and only used to serve the mares belonging to that same 

 individual owner of the sire ; (d) sires belonging to horse- 

 breeding associations and subsidised by the Government and 

 still under the supervision of the State officials. 



Sees. 2 and 3. — The province is divided into three districts, 

 and each district has a breeding commission, which consists 

 of: — (i) The director of the royal stud at Wickrath ; (2) an 

 expert who is appointed by the Chamber of Agriculture for a 

 period of six years for the whole province ; (3) an expert 

 appointed by the province for six years ; (4) the president of 

 the horse shows ; (5) an expert appointed by the Chamber 

 of Agriculture for six years for the particular district ; (6) a 

 veterinary surgeon appointed by the provincial authorities. All 

 appointments have their substitutes. A chairman is appointed 

 by the combined commission. The commission has annually to 

 appoint and fix days in every district for shows and for issuing 

 licenses. 



Sec. 4. — Only such sires get a serving license as are ap- 

 proved by the commission appointed ; they must invariably 

 belong to some recognized breeds. 



Sec. 5. — The commission's decisions are absolute ; the votes 

 are taken by secret ballot. In case of equal votes the chair- 

 man's vote decides the point in question. Every sire receiving 

 a serving license is registered and minutely described ; the 

 places where the stallion may serve are fixed, the name of the 

 owner is stated, and registers of the mares served have to be 

 kept by the responsible person. Besides the sire's owner and 

 the stallion's description the amount of the fee charged for 

 service is fixed and made public. 



