ign.] Memorandum as to Horse-breeding. 



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As regards the resulting progeny it is intended that they shall belong 

 to the custodian with the reservation that the County Committee shall 

 have the first refusal to purchase whilst under four years old. To enable 

 a County Committee to exercise the option of doing so it is intended 

 that the custodian of the mare shall not dispose of the progeny without 

 first giving fourteen days' notice in writing to the Secretary of the 

 •County Committee of his intention so to do. Mares put out under 

 this scheme remain the property of the Board and are returnable to 

 the Board or to the County Committee on demand. They should 

 therefore be marked with some distinguishing number by tattooing on 

 the lip or otherwise. They are put out at the custodian's risk" for any 

 damage done or injury caused by them. It is not intended that these 

 mares should be used for timber hauling, the hauling of dead weights, 

 or, except with the written permission of the Committee, for regular 

 work in the shafts, but only for such work as they may be capable of 

 performing having regard to the foal and period of foaling. 



Where the County Committee and the custodian cannot agree in 

 respect of any question, it is to be referred to the Board, whose decision 

 shall be final. 



The County Committee will be asked generally to supervise the 

 arrangements of mares put out under this scheme and to secure that 

 the rules and regulations (Form H 22 ) are carefully observed. These 

 rules will provide inter alia that each mare must be produced if required 

 once in every six months for inspection. 



Registration of Stallions. — The owner of a stallion — either light or 

 heavy breed — which is entered in the stud book of its particular breed 

 will be entitled, if he so wishes, to submit his horse annually for 

 examination by a veterinary surgeon approved by the Board as regards 

 soundness for breeding purposes. 



A stallion will not be eligible for registration unless the Board are 

 satisfied that it is free from hereditary unsoundness and defects and is 

 otherwise fit for breeding purposes. A veterinary certificate of soundness 

 for breeding purposes will be an essential preliminary to registration, 

 but the Board reserve the right to withhold registration for any other 

 reason which appears to them sufficient. 



It is hoped by this means that the use of sound horses throughout 

 the country will be encouraged and that owners of mares will obtain 

 the services of horses holding the Board's certificate of soundness in 

 preference to those of unregistered horses. 



The issue of registration certificates free of cost to the owner of the 

 Stallion will be limited to cases where the stallion stands at a fee not 

 exceeding £10 exclusive of the groom's fee. Stallions standing at 

 higher fees will also be eligible for registration where the owner is 

 prepared to defray the cost of the veterinary inspection and examination. 



The Board are anxious that as many stallions as possible should be 

 submitted for registration, and they hope that members of County Com- 

 mittees will use their best endeavours and influence towards furthering 

 this part of the Board's scheme. 



The various Rules made in connection with the Board's scheme, 

 referred to above, will be printed separately, and copies will be forwarded 

 in due course bv the Board to County Committees for their information. 



