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THE BREEDING STUD OF AN INDIAN PRINCE. 
part between two and three years old. I find from the Remount Report 
that the numbers in possession in March, 1893, were:— 
Hapur . 881 
Kurnal .,.. 554 
Ahmednagar . 182 
Total . 1617 
But as the following table shows even this modest number is not 
easily kept up : 
Sanctioned Number. 
Purchased. 
Hapur. 
. 375 . 
.... 437 
Kurnal. 
. 375 . 
154 
Ahmednagar 
. 100 . 
.... 47 
Total..,.., 
. 850 
638 
The system is an excellent one, and the Government is so thoroughly 
in earnest in the matter that the nurseries will doubtless be enlarged 
as soon as a greater number of young stock can be secured. 
The most significant portions of the Report of the Army Remount 
Department are the references to the experiment of introducing 'the 
Norfolk trotter into India, with a view of obtaining a stronger class of 
remount. The Director, Army Remount Department, writes: “ The 
Norfolk trotter strain has doubtless done much good in producing power 
and substance. But many of the stallions of this class were doubtless 
introduced with a view to producing remounts fit for the artillery in 
India. Judging from past experience, I do not see much chance of this 
hope being realised, and meanwhile the class of horse produced for the 
cavalry suffers from the shortness of neck and heaviness of shoulder of 
the strain referred to. I think the Arab and thorough-bred English 
stallions produce the best remounts to be seen at the depots, and that 
it would be well to steadily increase the sires of this class. ... I 
would strongly recommend that the agency for purchasing stallions be 
given a free hand in this matter, so that, if necessary, the purchase of 
Norfolk trotters may be curtailed.” And again: “ The 
horses obtained therein (the Punjab districts) are wiry, compact and 
good, and compare very favourably with those produced in the North- 
Western Provinces, but they would be all the better for less of the 
Norfolk trotter strain, which is always remarkable for short necks and 
heavy shoulders.” I have taken some trouble to find out the opinion 
of the army in general on this point, and my coirespondents are 
unanimous in condemning the indiscriminate use of the Norfolk trotter 
stallion; and there is little doubt but that the Government of India 
will listen to the remonstrances of its responsible officers, and stop the 
importation of the class. No great harm has been done yet, and that 
the experiment has not been entirely successful is from no fault on the 
part of the Government, who have used every endeavour to improve the 
country-bred horse. 
The Hackney class is not a large one, and so fashionable has it be¬ 
come; that almost all the colts are offered for sale entire. In the report 
