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That every King's premium stallion should "travel," and not be 

 allowed the option of "standing" in a district. 



That the method of payment for "travelling" be altered from 

 105. 6d. a service to an award of fifty guineas to be paid at the close 

 of the season. 



That no fee in excess of the prescribed fee be charged (unless the 

 owner of the mare offers to pay it) for the service of half-bred mares 

 located in the district for which the premium was awarded, unless and 

 until seventy half-bred mares have been served, inclusive of mares 

 purchased by a County Committee and mares in favour of which 

 nominations for free service have been issued. 



Registration of Stallions. — That the rules should contain a schedule 

 of diseases and defects which should absolutely disqualify a stallion 

 for registration, as follows : Cataract, ringbone, roaring, navicular 

 disease, sidebone, shivering, whistling, bone spavin, stringhalt, and 

 defective genital organs. 



That the registration year be from November ist to October 31st. 



That the veterinary surgeon employed to examine a stallion should 

 be required to report upon the suitability of the stallion for breeding 

 purposes, as well as upon the soundness of the stallion, and be required 

 to report fully as to any diseases or defects other than those scheduled 

 which, in his opinion, render the stallion either unsound or unsuitable 

 for breeding purposes. 



Brood Mares. — That grants be allocated only to those counties where 

 a Brood Mare Organisation existed, or where the necessary machinery 

 could be put into motion without delay, and that the organisation of 

 the scheme in such counties should be completed on a substantial basis 

 before the scheme be extended to other counties. 



On the motion of H.R.H. Prince Christian, seconded by Major- 

 General J. F. Brocklehurst, the following resolution was unanimously 

 adopted: "That this Council approve the recommendations made to 

 the Board by the Standing Committee. 



Mr. A. W. Anstruther, C.B., gave a summary of the operation 

 of the Board's scheme since the last meeting of the Advisory Council. 

 He expressed their obligations to Lord Middleton and the members 

 of the Standing Committee for the help and advice given by them, j 

 They were also indebted to the County Committees and their secretaries, 

 upon whose co-operation so much of the ultimate success of fhe scheme ' 

 depended. 



Considering the short notice that they were able to give in respect 

 of the Spring Show, he considered the entries satisfactory, and he 

 hoped the alteration of the rules referred to would conduce to more 

 entries in the future. 



The whole of the grant allotted for the purchase of brood mares 1 

 had been allocated. This part of the Board's scheme had proved very 

 popular. No difficulty had been experienced in purchasing mares and 

 finding suitable custodians, and the mares seen by their inspectors 

 appeared, on the whole, to have been judiciously chosen, and likely to 

 make good brood mares. 



Free nominations for service of mares by premium stallions had 

 been well taken up, though it was hoped that in future years the ratio 

 of soundness in the mares presented for service would be higher. The 



