191 1.] Memorandum as to Horse-breeding. 



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person possessing a good class of mare who otherwise might be ex- 

 pected to use an inferior and possibly unsound stallion. Preference 

 might properly be given in cases where an owner of a mare has served 

 or is serving in any of his Majesty's Territorial Forces, but it is not 

 intended that more than one nomination for mares shall be given to 

 any one person in any year. The selected mare must in all cases be 

 the bond fide property of the applicant. A free nomination will in no 

 case be transferable, and it is desirable that free nominations should be 

 given only where the applicant is prepared to accept one for the best 

 of his young mares. Mares more than eight years old should not as 

 a rule be selected. 



It is important that precautions should be taken to ensure, as far 

 as possible, that mares receiving free nominations are not barren. Mares 

 showing substance and quality are to be preferred. Each mare 

 selected must be certified by a qualified veterinary surgeon to be free 

 from hereditary unsoundness or defects and otherwise fit for breeding 

 purposes. The Board think it most desirable that free nominations 

 should be distributed in a county as widely as possible, due regard 

 being had to the location of the premium stallions. A County Com- 

 mittee may always at their discretion refuse to give a nomination to 

 any mare without assigning any reason. 



The necessary forms for the selection of the stallions by the owners 

 of mares, and also the service tickets, will be supplied by the Board 

 to the Secretary of the County Committee. 



For the purpose of rendering a list of the names of owners of 

 mares selected for free nominations a form (H 15 ) will be supplied for 

 the use of the Secretary of a County Committee, to be returned to the 

 Board in due course, but it is desirable that a short reserve list ot 

 eligible mares should also be available in the event of any nomination 

 becoming void. The Committee should fix a date before and after which 

 applications for free nominations will not be entertained by them and 

 communicate this date to the Board. 



The owner of the nominated mare is required to insert on the 

 prescribed application form the name of the stallion by which he wishes 

 to have his mare served, and to return the form to the Secretary of 

 the County Committee. Any alteration or erasure on a service ticket 

 must be initialled by the Secretary of the County Committee, otherwise 

 the claim for service cannot be recognised or accepted by the Board. 



On receipt of such application form, arrangements should be made 

 for a veterinary examination of the mare, where necessary, and the 

 Secretary should also communicate with the owner of the selected 

 stallion, in order to satisfy himself that the list of that stallion is not 

 already full. The conditions of service (Form H 33 ) should at the same 

 time be sent to the stallion owner. When the nomination has been 

 awarded the stallion owner will be so informed and the service ticket 

 issued to the owner of the mare. The sub-committee in charge of the 

 selected stallion should at the same time be informed by the Secretary 

 of the County Committee. Not later than August ioth of any year, 

 particulars (Form H 17 ) as to the distribution of such service tickets 

 should be forwarded to the Board. This form will be returned in the 

 following June for completion as to foals dropped. 



A nomination will be forfeited, and will lapse under certain con- 

 ditions, which are fully set out in the Rules (Form H 32 ). 



