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This show must be looked upon as having been highly successful from a
Native Cavalry point of view, especially as the remounts obtained were excel-
lent.
The 1st Bengal Cavalry Officer, states :—
"A great many more horses of 4 years and upwards than usual. Class quite up to the average, rather
above."
Colonel Lamb, Commanding 4th Bengal Cavalry, states :—
"The class of remounts obtained was quite satisfactory and equal to those at other fairs. A good number of
remounts were obtained."
Captain Cookson, Imperial Service Troops, states:—
"An excellent lot of horses for remounts and quite equal to, if not superior, to those at Batesar and other
big fairs; if the show is as well attended in future, it should be the big horse and cattle fair of the North-
Western Provinces and Rajputana."
With the remarks of the last quoted officer, I fully agree. Ulwar, from
its position, is well suited to take its place as one of the large horse marts of
this part of India, and surrounded as it is by a horse loving people, I see no
reason why it should not develop into this.
In order to stimulate horse breeding and also to aid the State stallions in
covering a great number of mares that were present, two Thoroughbred English,
one Thoroughbred Australian, one Halfbred English, one Hackney, and one
Arab were sent from the Depôt; the State paying all cost of transit to and
fro. These horses were greatly admired and did good service in the State.
Jeypore-
494. It will be seen by last year's Administration Report that I visited this
State, but that the authorities were disinclined to assist in the matter of horse
breeding; the good example of the Ulwar State, coupled with the demands of
the Maharajah's subjects, who at the horse show all begged of me to inform
the State Officials how greatly the want of good stallions was felt, has resulted
in an excellent beginning being made. The State has purchased 4 fine Arab
sires which, in consultation with the Resident and the Dewan of the State, it
has been decided to place at Jeypore, Malpura, Madhopore and Hindaun;
these places are so situated that they can be reached by most of the Maharajah's
subjects. It is, however, hoped that when the good results obtained by these
stallions are seen, the Thakurs of Khetri and Sikar, two large feudatories of the
State, will also maintain a stallion each. This will then supply all the best
horse breeding centres in the State except the Tarawatti country, which must
be considered hereafter.
In order to ensure success, stables on the standard plan are being built at
each centre to which it is proposed to send stallions, and two Veterinary Assist-
ants of the State, who have lately passed out of the Ajmere School, are to be
sent to our large horse breeding centres at Babugarh and Rawalpindi to learn
all the practical work connected with the welfare of stallions and the manage-
ment of brood mares and young stock.
495. During the year under review, I attended the horse fair held in this
State with a view of making myself acquainted with the class of horses exhibited.
Although the sale of horses was somewhat less than last year, still the actual
number attending was greater. The number present this year was 1,748, of
which 1,110 belonged to the Jeypore State. The number sold was 559; of this
number, 47 were bought by the Indore State, but the greatest number, as usual,
went to the dealers who bought 261.
Two of the most noticeable features of the fair were:—
(a) The excellent class of mares exhibited, proving to me the fondness
of the inhabitants of Jeypore for horses, and also proving that
they are successful horse breeders; the one fault of these mares
is the want of bone, but this I hope will be corrected by the Arab
sires.
(b) The almost total absence of purchasing officers. As far as I could
ascertain only 3 remounts were bought by a Native Officer of
the 3rd Bengal Cavalry. The Remount Agent attended this fair
and bought 4 head of young stock,